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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
"In 1922, the Republic of Ireland was created and six of the nine counties forming the province of Ulster '''(Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone)''' voted to remain part of the United Kingdom. Separate National Archives were formed for the Republic of Ireland: the National Archives of Ireland (NAI), and Northern Ireland, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). Similarly civil registration became, for the Republic of Ireland, The General Register Office (GRO) and, for Northern Ireland, General Register Office (Northern Ireland) known as GRONI. | |||
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"Copies of many national records up to 1922 are available in both the NAI and PRONI and similarly registration records in GRO and GRONI. Records after 1922 are held in their respective offices. It is also important to note that '''several church dioceses of all denominations have parishes on both sides of the border''' and some Ulster collections include records from Monaghan, Donegal and Cavan as Ulster counties pre 1922. Local records are held in County Archives, Libraries and Heritage Centres."<ref>"Ireland", at GENUKI, https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/, accessed 13 September 2022.</ref> | |||
*Before civil registration was introduced in 1864, Church records provide the '''primary source''' for providing baptism, marriage and burial dates. | *Before civil registration was introduced in 1864, Church records provide the '''primary source''' for providing baptism, marriage and burial dates. | ||
*The most common church records in Ireland are '''baptism, marriage and burial registers'''. Less common types of records are '''congregational censuses, lists of members, and emigration lists.''' | *The most common church records in Ireland are '''baptism, marriage and burial registers'''. Less common types of records are '''congregational censuses, lists of members, and emigration lists.''' | ||
*Catholic and Presbyterian church registers frequently '''do not contain burial registers.''' | *Catholic and Presbyterian church registers frequently '''do not contain burial registers.''' | ||
Identifying the religion of those individuals or families being researched will greatly increase the chance of success. | Identifying the religion of those individuals or families being researched will greatly increase the chance of success. | ||
*What is now the Republic of Ireland was '''predominantly Catholic''', but with many members of the Anglican Church of Ireland from '''wealthy Anglo-Irish''' families. | |||
*What is now the Republic of Ireland was '''predominantly Catholic''', with many members of the Anglican Church of Ireland from '''wealthy Anglo-Irish''' families. | |||
*In Northern Ireland, the '''Church of Ireland''' and various aspects of the '''Presbyterian Churches''' were the dominant religions, accounting for sixty-percent of the population in 1861. While '''Catholics''' were a minority, they accounted for forty-percent of the population. Since that time, the Catholic population percentage has continued to grow. | *In Northern Ireland, the '''Church of Ireland''' and various aspects of the '''Presbyterian Churches''' were the dominant religions, accounting for sixty-percent of the population in 1861. While '''Catholics''' were a minority, they accounted for forty-percent of the population. Since that time, the Catholic population percentage has continued to grow. | ||
*Protestants and Catholics tend to live in clustered neighborhoods with most areas predominantly Catholic or Protestant. | *Protestants and Catholics tend to live in clustered neighborhoods with most areas predominantly Catholic or Protestant. | ||