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Ministers were never required to send vestry minutes to Dublin for safekeeping. Consequently, most vestry minutes are in local custody, though some have been deposited at the [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives] in Dublin, the [http://www.proni.gov.uk/ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland] in Belfast, or other repositories.  
Ministers were never required to send vestry minutes to Dublin for safekeeping. Consequently, most vestry minutes are in local custody, though some have been deposited at the [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives] in Dublin, the [http://www.proni.gov.uk/ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland] in Belfast, or other repositories.  
'''Obtaining Information'''
To obtain information from a Church of Ireland record in Ireland, follow these suggestions:
*Request a copy of the record from the [http://www.ireland.anglican.org/index.php?do=about&id=42 Representative Church Body Library Representative Church Body Library]. A list of this library's parish records is found in:
**Ryan, James G. ''Irish Records: Sources for Family & Local History''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1988. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941.5+D23r book Ref 941.5 D23r].)
    The library also has biographical sketches of Church of Ireland ministers.
*Request a copy of the record from the National Archives or the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. To determine whether the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland has a copy of the record, consult the descriptive catalog of the office's holdings.


'''Online Indexes'''  
'''Online Indexes'''  
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#Click on a title. Click '''View Film Notes''' to find the film numbers
#Click on a title. Click '''View Film Notes''' to find the film numbers


'''Write to a Parish Church'''  
'''Writing for Information'''
 
To obtain information from a Church of Ireland record in Ireland, follow these suggestions:
 
*Request a copy of the record from the [http://www.ireland.anglican.org/index.php?do=about&id=42 Representative Church Body Library Representative Church Body Library]. A list of this library's parish records is found in:
**Ryan, James G. ''Irish Records: Sources for Family & Local History''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1988. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941.5+D23r book Ref 941.5 D23r].)
 
    The library also has biographical sketches of Church of Ireland ministers.
 
*Request a copy of the record from the National Archives or the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. To determine whether the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland has a copy of the record, consult the descriptive catalog of the office's holdings.


Write to a parish minister to see if he will search his parish registers or vestry minutes for you. Ministers' addresses and jurisdictions are listed in the online [http://www.ireland.anglican.org/index.php?do=information.dioceses Church of Ireland Directory].   
*Write to a parish minister to see if he will search his parish registers or vestry minutes for you. Ministers' addresses and jurisdictions are listed in the online [http://www.ireland.anglican.org/index.php?do=information.dioceses Church of Ireland Directory]. 


=== Selected Bibliography  ===
=== Selected Bibliography  ===
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