Ireland Record Loss: Difference between revisions

There has been a great deal of destruction of the major Irish genealogical record sources. A fire in the [[Ireland_Archives_and_Libraries|Public Record Office]] in Dublin in 1922 destroyed many records. Additional records were destroyed by the government. The following records have been destroyed: two-thirds of The Church of Ireland original [[Ireland_Church_Records|parish registers]]; most pre-1900 [[Ireland_Probate_Records|probate records]], marriage bonds and allegations; [[Ireland_Census|census returns]] for 1813, 1821, 1831/4, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891. Coupled with government oppression of the Roman Catholic Church record keeping practices, this loss has resulted in only one in seven, 14%, pre-1800 churches still having parish registers available.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Ireland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-2003.</ref>