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For more information about the indexes, see also [[Ireland, Civil Registration, Additional Information About the Indexes|Ireland, Civil Registration: Additional Information About the Indexes]].  
For more information about the indexes, see also [[Ireland, Civil Registration, Additional Information About the Indexes|Ireland, Civil Registration: Additional Information About the Indexes]].  


For tips on searching the indexes, go to [[Tips on Searching the Civil Registration Indexes]].
For tips on searching the indexes, go to [[Tips on Searching the Civil Registration Indexes]].  
 
==== Identifying Civil Parishes within a Regisration District<br> ====
 
There are two printed sources which will either identify civil parishes within registration districts or will identify the registration district for each civil parish.&nbsp; These are:<br>
 
*Handran, George (ed).&nbsp; ''Townlands in Poor Law Unions''.&nbsp; Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson, c1997.&nbsp; ISBN: 0832869937; FHL book 941.5 P32hg.&nbsp; This source identifies civil parishes, as well as townlands, within poor law unions (registration districts).&nbsp; It is not available online. <br>
*''Alphbetical Index to the Townlands, Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland, 1851''.&nbsp; Dublin: printed by Alexander Thom for the Registrar General of Ireland, 1861.&nbsp; ISBN: 0806310529; FHL book 941.5 X22g.&nbsp; This source lists place names identified in the 1851 census of Ireland and gives their poor law unioin (civil registration district) and other jurisdictions.&nbsp; Available online at [http://www.seanruad.com http://www.seanruad.com]. <br>
 
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== Obtaining Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates  ==
== Obtaining Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates  ==
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