Ireland Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

| Name, occupation, age at death, and marital status of deceased; duration of illness; date, place and cause of death; 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 the Northern counties, the father’s names of unmarried adult females are often recorded. Since December 2005 in the Irish Republic the deceased’s date and birth and parents’ full names are recorded. In Northern Ireland, since 1973 death records have stated the deceased person’s date and place of birth.

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== Using Indexes  ==

Civil registration records are also indexed online at [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com], [http://www.findmypast.ie www.findmypast.ie] and [http://www.rootsireland.ie www.rootsireland.ie]. These are either pay-as-you-go or subscription websites.  

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#Proceed to the instructions on obtaining certificates or locating the actual registration information.<br>

''Note:'' If you know the surnames of both spouses, search for both spouses. If the index information matches, then you have the correct marriage.  

To identify the districts in a county, see [[Ireland, Civil Registration Guide, County/Volume Arrangement|Ireland, Civil Registration, County/Volume Arrangement]].  

'''Step 1:''' '''Determine where to obtain the actual registration information.'''  

Below is a table showing the civil registration information available at the Family History Library or through Family History Centers, the GRO and the GRONI. Determine whether your index information is based on the GRO or the GRONI catalog system and then identify where you want to obtain the actual registration information.  

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With the GRONI index information, you can obtain the registration information through the GRONI. Click on this link to see the [http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/do-it-online/government-citizens-and-rights-online/order-a-birth-adoption-death-marriage-or-civil-partnership-certificate.htm GRONI ordering information].<br>  

Research use: Used to locate marriages where location is hard to establish.

Population coverage:  4 %.

For additional collections available at the Registrar General's Office, go to [[Ireland, Additional Civil Registration Information|Ireland, Additional Civil Registration Information]].<br>

*''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]

== References ==