"Main Dishes" - Irish Church & Civil Records
Life in Ireland over the last 400 years or so has generated a fair amount of paperwork, recording the significant milestones in our ancestors' lives. The Established Church, the Church of Ireland, was largely responsible for this task, creating parish and diocesan records. Other faiths have also kept similar records which vary in style and rates of survival. The Irish Genealogical Research Society have a useful page on church records, giving a good overview. There are also a couple of nice video presentations available on here to give you a more in depth understanding of particular church records.
The emergence of the state in the Victorian era saw this record-keeping responsibility shift to new civil institutions. My diagram below tries to show this as a graphic timeline to help you picture the key time periods that you need to be aware of for Irish family history.
The emergence of the state in the Victorian era saw this record-keeping responsibility shift to new civil institutions. My diagram below tries to show this as a graphic timeline to help you picture the key time periods that you need to be aware of for Irish family history.
Click on any of the links below to go to a page for each type of church or civil record, where you will find more information about what it is and where to access collections;
(c) Irish Geneaography - 2020
