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[[Image:Catholic Church in Ireland 1.jpg|thumb|right|163x222px|<center>Catholic Church in Ireland</center>]] | [[Image:Catholic Church in Ireland 1.jpg|thumb|right|163x222px|<center>Catholic Church in Ireland</center>]] | ||
==Online Records== | |||
===NLI Microfilms=== | |||
Since 2015 the National Library of Ireland's collection of Catholic records has been online. This collection is the major online source for Catholic records in Ireland. However the microfilm quality of these copies is often poor, and these were some records (around 2%) that were missed. Records after 1880 were not microfilmed. C<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">opies of pre-1880 parish registers for Northern Ireland are also kept by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. </span> | |||
Access the records at: [https://registers.nli.ie/ National Library of Ireland], with indexes at [http://search.ancestry.com/Places/Europe/Ireland/Default.aspx?category=34 Ancestry] ($) and [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/ireland-roman-catholic-parish-baptisms FindMyPast] ($). | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Catholic parish registers for most rural areas were not kept until the 1820s or later. Records for urban areas and the eastern part of the county generally started earlier. Each parish kept its own records. Catholic parish registers mainly include christening and marriage records. Few registers contain death or burial records. Occasionally a register will contain a parish census. Some Catholic registers are written in Latin [[Latin in Irish Roman Catholic parish registers|(click here for some Latin terms and their meanings)]]. | Catholic parish registers for most rural areas were not kept until the 1820s or later. Records for urban areas and the eastern part of the county generally started earlier. Each parish kept its own records. Catholic parish registers mainly include christening and marriage records. Few registers contain death or burial records. Occasionally a register will contain a parish census. Some Catholic registers are written in Latin [[Latin in Irish Roman Catholic parish registers|(click here for some Latin terms and their meanings)]]. | ||
==Records== | ==Records== | ||