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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Church records are an excellent source of names, dates, relationships, and places. In fact, church records are the primary source for pre-civil registration (pre-1864) Irish research. Church records include records of christenings, marriages, and burials, sometimes giving birth and death dates. These records were kept in bound registers, usually called parish registers. Church records may include other types of records such as religious census returns, emigration lists, and session or vestry minutes. The major religions of Ireland are the Catholic Church and Church of Ireland (Anglican) | Church records are an excellent source of names, dates, relationships, and places. In fact, church records are the primary source for pre-civil registration (pre-1864) Irish research. Church records include records of christenings, marriages, and burials, sometimes giving birth and death dates. These records were kept in bound registers, usually called parish registers. Church records may include other types of records such as religious census returns, emigration lists, and session or vestry minutes. The major religions of Ireland are the Catholic Church and Church of Ireland (Anglican). The Presbyterian Church is also prominent, especially in Northern Ireland. [Note: ''78% of the population were Catholic in 1861, and 12% Church of Ireland, based on statistics extracted from the census of that year.''] | ||
The following book contains information about the history and records of many Irish religious denominations: | The following book contains information about the history and records of many Irish religious denominations: | ||
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=== Church of Ireland Records === | === Church of Ireland Records === | ||
The Church of Ireland was the state church or Established Church in Ireland from 1536. Each parish in Ireland kept its own records of christenings, marriages, and burials. | The Church of Ireland was the state church or Established Church in Ireland from 1536. Each parish in Ireland kept its own records of christenings, marriages, and burials. '''[[Church of Ireland Records|Read more...]]''' | ||
In addition to Presbyterian settlers to Northern Ireland, some Plantation settlers came also from England (i.e. from London to the Londonderry region) and from Wales.<br> | |||
=== Catholic Church Records === | === Catholic Church Records === | ||
Catholic Church Records | Roman Catholic parish registers for most rural areas were not kept until the 1820s or much later. However, records for urban areas often start earlier; sometimes much earlier and as far back as the mid-eighteenth century or occasionally before. Registers in the City of Limerick for example begin in 1745, those for Cork Cathedral in 1766. '''[[Ireland Catholic Church Records|Read more...]]''' | ||
Most parishes (a church unit with geographical boundaries) kept their own records. Some parish buildings were erected and used merely for baptising and worshiping chapels and kept no parish registers and the registers of same were kept at the main parish. | |||
Catholic parish registers mainly include christening and marriage records. Few registers contain death or burial records. Occasionally a register will contain a parish census. Read more... | |||
==== Availability of Catholic Parish Registers ==== | |||
At 3:30pm (Dublin time), on 8 July 2015, 98 percent of all Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Registers (which have been digitised) went online for public accessibility on the National Library of Ireland's website (click here for details for accessing them for free--[[Www.nli.ie|The National Library of Ireland]].<br> | At 3:30pm (Dublin time), on 8 July 2015, 98 percent of all Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Registers (which have been digitised) went online for public accessibility on the National Library of Ireland's website (click here for details for accessing them for free--[[Www.nli.ie|The National Library of Ireland]]. These records are of the original parish registers and do not include an online index to them. See [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch], [[www.rootsireland.ie|RootsIreland.ie]] and [[www.irishgenealogy.ie.|IrishGenealogy.ie]]. for avilable online indexes. For Catholic parish name changes, see James Ryan's book at most major public and university/college libraries: ''Irish Records Sources''; FHL book 941.5 D23r. Also see Mark Freerick's helpful website at: [[www.irelandxo.com|www.irelandxo.com]] <br> | ||
=== Jewish Records === | === Jewish Records === | ||