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Many Church of Ireland registers were destroyed in the fire at the Public Record Office in Dublin in 1922. To protect against further loss or deterioration, most existing records have been filmed or photocopied and the originals or copies deposited in national repositories in Ireland. Some of the deposited church records are closed to the general public. To search these records, you must obtain written permission from the minister of the parish or the bishop of the diocese over that parish. | Many Church of Ireland registers were destroyed in the fire at the Public Record Office in Dublin in 1922. To protect against further loss or deterioration, most existing records have been filmed or photocopied and the originals or copies deposited in national repositories in Ireland. Some of the deposited church records are closed to the general public. To search these records, you must obtain written permission from the minister of the parish or the bishop of the diocese over that parish. | ||
'''<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Heritage Centers</span>''' | |||
Many Church of Ireland parish records, Catholic parish records, and census records are being collected into repositories called Heritage Centers. Many Heritage Centers are part of a country-wide system -- the Ireland Family History Foundation -- which has begun to transcribe and index millions of the records. The index and transcriptions are currently available for on-line research at [http://www.irish-roots.ie RootsIreland.ie] for several, but not all, counties. After you have registered on the web site, you can search for free, but a fee of 5 Euros is charged to see the full transcription of a record. | |||
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. | *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''' | ||
Here is a list of Web sites that include indexes to some Church of Ireland records: | Here is a list of Web sites that include indexes to some Church of Ireland records: | ||