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<br><br><br> | <br>'''Step 2: Obtain the actual registration information.''' | ||
''a. Obtaining Civil Registration Information at FHL or FHC:'' | |||
The Family History Library (FHL) has microfilms of the actual registration information the years shown above. Look in the Family History Library Catalog to obtain the microfilm number for the index information. Then get the microfilm, go to the appropriate year or quarter of the year and proceed to the page number found in the indexes to locate the registration information. | |||
''b. Obtaining Civil Registration Information at the GRO:'' | |||
With the GRO index information, you can obtain the registration information through the GRO. Click on this link to see the GRO ordering information. | |||
''c. Obtaining Civil Registration Information at GRONI:'' | |||
With the GRONI index information, you can obtain the registration information through the GRONI. Click on this link to see the GRONI ordering information. | |||
== Additional Information on Indexes to Civil Registration Records: == | |||
Indexes can help you find a registration entry for your ancestor. Before 1878, registration indexes were arranged alphabetically by year. Since 1878, indexes have remained alphabetical but have been divided by each quarter of the years (e.g. 'January, February & March' etc.). Most registration indexes list only the name of the individual registered and the district, volume, and page number of that person's registration entry. The death indexes also list the individual's age at death. In the LDS films the Republic of Ireland post-1927 birth indexes include the mother's maiden name. However, since the LDS filmed the indexes the mother's maiden surname now appears in the Birth Index since 1903. In searching for an index entry, knowing the name of the district and at least an approximate year in which the birth, marriage, or death occurred will reduce your search time. | |||
Place-names in the indexes are for districts. In rural areas, many villages and parishes belong to one district. In urban areas, a city may be divided into several districts. | |||
The registration districts are the same as the poor law unions. If you know the parish name where the event occurred, then you can find the registration district by going to the Wiki County page and looking at the parish table to find the poor law union. [Links to County Pages] | |||
If you do not know the parish name, then use the following sources to identify the parish or the district in which your ancestor lived: | |||
''Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland, (1871 Census)'', which lists Irish localities and the districts that served those localities in 1871. | |||
Ireland, Census Office, ''General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland, (1901 Census,'' [London, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1901?]; FHL book Ref Q 941.5 X22g 1901; film 865,092, which lists Irish localities and the districts that served those localities in 1901. | |||
''Civil Registration Districts of Ireland'', (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1983; FHL book Reg 941.5 V2c, which provides maps and districts' names as they were in 1871. | |||
== Tips If You Cannot Find an Individual in the Index: == | |||
If you cannot find an index reference, consider the following reasons: | |||
**Late registrations of births and deaths are indexed separately at the end of each index volume. <br>**Surnames are often spelled differently than expected. <br>**Surnames with prefixes, such as O'Brien or McDonnell, may be listed without their prefixes (Brien, Donnell). <br>**Events are filed by the date they were registered, not the date they occurred and may therefore be indexed in a later volume. (For example, a birth on 20 December 1879 which was registered on 6 January 1880 will be listed in the January-March volume of 1880.) <br>**Indexes were hand-prepared and may contain errors, such as copying mistakes (for example, the interchange of T and F) and missed entries. <br>**Occasionally, people were registered under a variation of their first name, other than that recorded at the time of their birth or death. For instance Ted for Edward or Molly for Mary. <br>**In error, some marriages have been indexed by the name of only one party. <br>**If a woman was married previously, then her surname in the marriage index might at a later marriage be her surname from a previous marriage and not her maiden surname. <br>**Vital information provided by the family ('''particularly age at death''') is often incorrect. <br>**People with prolific first names or surnames are sometimes difficult to distinguish in the index. <br>**Children born before their parents were married may be listed under the mother's maiden name. <br>**Some children are simply listed as male or female if they were not named by the time of registration. <br>**Some events were not registered, even though registration of births, marriages and deaths was required by law. | |||
If, after considering the above factors, you cannot find a civil birth, marriage, or death certificate for your ancestor, you may want to search church or other records. | |||
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== Additional Information on Death Registrations: == | |||
Death certificates give only the name, occupation, age at death, and marital status of the deceased; duration of the illness; date, place, and cause of death; and signature, qualification, and residence of the informant. For a married or widowed woman a spouse's name is sometimes recorded. Where a child has died, the child's occupation is often given as "son or daughter of...". In Northern counties, the father's name of unmarried adult females are often recorded. | |||
Civil registrations of deaths are of limited genealogical value because they: | |||
**Do not normally contain parentage or birth information. <br>**May be inaccurate (the informant may not have known the information requested). <br>**May not contain enough information to distinguish your ancestor from others with the same name. This cannot be emphasized enough. | |||
Nonetheless, a death certificate is usually the only civil record for persons born or married before government registration began in 1864. | |||
Since December 2005 death records in the Irish Republic record the deceased's date & place of birth and parents' full names. In Northern Ireland, since 1973 death records have stated the deceased person's date &amp; place of birth. | |||
Divorce Information: | |||
Although judicial divorce became possible in England & Wales from 1857 this was not the case in Ireland. Divorce continued to be available only through a private act of parliament, which was in itself a rare occurrence and one only available to the well-off. After the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 (later called renamed 'Ireland' and commonly referred to as the Republic of Ireland) this situation continued until judicial divorce was finally legislated following a referendum in 1995. | |||
In Northern Ireland judicial divorce became available in 1939. | |||
Divorce records usually contain very brief details about the names of the parties and the date and place of the marriage being dissolved. However, court files relating to divorce proceedings may contain additional information on family members, their marital history (including marriage date and place), property, residences, and sometimes dates of events such as children’s births. | |||
Given the restriction upon divorce in Ireland some people chose to divorce in the jurisdiction of England & Wales. Searches can be made for records there at: | |||
'Divorce Registry of the Family Division <br>Somerset House, Strand <br>London <br>W.C. 2 England | |||
Records of UK parliamentary divorce acts (up to 1921) can be found at: | |||
House of Lords Library<br>London, SW1A 0PW<br>England | |||
As mentioned above, judicial divorce began in England & Wales in 1858. Files relating to the court proceedings for divorce records are confidential for 75 years. Records older than 75 years can be consulted at the National Archives in London and indexes for the period 1858 to 1937 are available there. | |||
To learn more about divorce records, visit the following Web sites. | |||
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Leaflets/ri2289.htm www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Leaflets/ri2289.htm<br>*http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/resources/divorcerecords/ www.1837online.com/Trace2web/resources/divorcerecords/<br>*http://www.genealogy.about.com/cs/vitaluk/index.htm www.genealogy.about.com/cs/vitaluk/index.htm | |||
== <br>Further Reading: == | |||
''Irish Civil Registration - Where Do I Start?'' (No. 2 in 'Exploring Irish Genealogy' series) by Eileen O'Duill Steven C. ffeary-Smyrl. Published by the Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations, Dublin, 2000. [http://www.cigo.ie www.cigo.ie] | |||
== <br>External Links: == | |||
*http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/ <br>*[http://www.groni.gov.uk/ http://www.groni.gov.uk/] <br>*http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/records/state/ <br>*http://www.from-ireland.net/gene/district.htm <br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_Archives http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_Archives]&nbsp; History and holdings of the House of Lords Library and the Parliamentary Archives. | |||
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