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== Key Historical Dates == | == Key Historical Dates == | ||
=== 1500s === | |||
*1534 Henry VIII of England enacts the Act of Supremacy enabling him to become the head of the Church of England. | *'''1534''' Henry VIII of England enacts the Act of Supremacy enabling him to become the head of the Church of England. | ||
*1536 Irish Parliament declares Henry VIII head of the Church of Ireland and recognizes it as the State Church in Ireland. | *'''1536''' Irish Parliament declares Henry VIII head of the Church of Ireland and recognizes it as the State Church in Ireland. | ||
*1617 Early attempt to require the registration of baptisms, marriages and burials. Efforts are widely ignored by 1620. | === 1600s === | ||
*1634 46th Canon of the Irish Church required the recording of “Christenings, Weddings, and Burials.” Copies of the records are to be returned to the Bishop of each Diocese. | *'''1617''' Early attempt to require the registration of baptisms, marriages and burials. Efforts are widely ignored by 1620. | ||
*1660 Restoration to the English Crown of Charles II. Conditions ease for Catholics. | *'''1634''' 46th Canon of the Irish Church required the recording of “Christenings, Weddings, and Burials.” Copies of the records are to be returned to the Bishop of each Diocese. | ||
*1661 Reconstitution of Episcopal State Church – A separate commission also investigates Irish land ownership. | *'''1660''' Restoration to the English Crown of Charles II. Conditions ease for Catholics. | ||
*1807 pro forma registers instituted. The first are published by William Watson of Capel Street, Dublin. Registers were further improved in the 1820's. These standardized the recording of the information for births, marriages, and deaths. | *'''1661''' Reconstitution of Episcopal State Church – A separate commission also investigates Irish land ownership. | ||
*1832 Irish Tithe Composition Act – provided for tithes to be paid to the State Church, the Church of Ireland. | === 1800s === | ||
*1869 Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland as the State Church. All churches are to be equally recognized by the government. | *'''1807''' pro forma registers instituted. The first are published by William Watson of Capel Street, Dublin. Registers were further improved in the 1820's. These standardized the recording of the information for births, marriages, and deaths. | ||
*1875 Act of Parliament proclaiming that the Church of Ireland parish registers are “public records” and as such must be deposited in the Public Records Office, Dublin. Parochial returns sent to the Bishops of each Diocese (bishop's transcripts) are also required to be deposited in the PRO, Dublin. | *'''1832''' Irish Tithe Composition Act – provided for tithes to be paid to the State Church, the Church of Ireland. | ||
*1905 Parish Register Society of Dublin begins the printed publication of Church of Ireland parish registers. They complete sixteen (16) before the destruction of the records in 1922 and abandon the project thereafter. | *'''1869''' Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland as the State Church. All churches are to be equally recognized by the government. | ||
*1922 Public Record Office (PRO), Dublin is destroyed by explosion and fire on 21st June during the Irish Civil War. Anti-Treaty forces had occupied the record office portion of the Four-Courts building for more than six-weeks. By 1922, two-thirds of the extant Church of Ireland (1,006 parishes) had been deposited in the PRO for safe-keeping. The number of surviving Church of Ireland registers number 637 with copies of the destroyed registers made prior to deposit numbering 124 and the Public Record Office holding an additional 23 copies of registers. Only three of the known parochial returns survive. | *'''1875''' Act of Parliament proclaiming that the Church of Ireland parish registers are “public records” and as such must be deposited in the Public Records Office, Dublin. Parochial returns sent to the Bishops of each Diocese (bishop's transcripts) are also required to be deposited in the PRO, Dublin. | ||
*1939 Representative Church Body Library (RCBL), the official library of the Church of Ireland located in Dublin, begins receiving Church of Ireland parish registers for preservation. As of 2006, the library held over 780 original parish registers or copies/transcripts, many of which pre-date Ireland’s civil registration which began in 1845. | === 1900s === | ||
*'''1905''' Parish Register Society of Dublin begins the printed publication of Church of Ireland parish registers. They complete sixteen (16) before the destruction of the records in 1922 and abandon the project thereafter. | |||
*'''1922''' Public Record Office (PRO), Dublin is destroyed by explosion and fire on 21st June during the Irish Civil War. Anti-Treaty forces had occupied the record office portion of the Four-Courts building for more than six-weeks. By 1922, two-thirds of the extant Church of Ireland (1,006 parishes) had been deposited in the PRO for safe-keeping. The number of surviving Church of Ireland registers number 637 with copies of the destroyed registers made prior to deposit numbering 124 and the Public Record Office holding an additional 23 copies of registers. Only three of the known parochial returns survive. | |||
*'''1939''' Representative Church Body Library (RCBL), the official library of the Church of Ireland located in Dublin, begins receiving Church of Ireland parish registers for preservation. As of 2006, the library held over 780 original parish registers or copies/transcripts, many of which pre-date Ireland’s civil registration which began in 1845. | |||
== Types of Records == | == Types of Records == | ||