Diploma in Family History General Register Office records

Diploma in Family HistoryDiploma in Family History

General Register Office records

UNIVERSALLY USEFUL RECORDSUNIVERSALLY USEFUL RECORDS

General Register Office records1901 and 1911 censuses (& some fragments)Church recordsProperty surveys (Griffith’s Valuation/ Tithe Applotment Books)

GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE RECORDSGENERAL REGISTER OFFICE RECORDS

All births, deaths and marriages from 1864Non-Catholic marriages from 1845

GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE BACKGROUNDGENERAL REGISTER OFFICE BACKGROUND

Why a registration system?Public health planningLabour lawsInheritanceCivil service


Why so late in Ireland?England & Wales 1837Ireland (non-RC marriages) 1845Scotland 1855Ireland (all BMD) 1864

REGISTRAR-GENERALREGISTRAR-GENERAL

• King’s Inns:1848-1872

• 163 union-based registration districts - superintendent registrar• 798 dispensary-based registration districts - registrar of births,

deaths and Roman Catholic marriages (=> to Sup.)

• 130 registrars of Protestant and civil marriages (=>Registrar General)



TOWNLANDS IN POOR-LAW UNIONSTOWNLANDS IN POOR-LAW UNIONS

Townlands in poor law unions : a reprint of poor law union pamphlets of the general registrar's office with an introduction, and six appendices relating to Irish genealogical research, (ed G.Handran, 1997 Higginson, Salem Ma.) ,

Eneclann

Irish AncestorsIrish Ancestors

www.irishtimes.com/ancestor

THE REGISTRATION SYSTEMTHE REGISTRATION SYSTEMLocal registrars maintained current local registers;Local registrars forwarded copies to central General Register OfficeSuperintendent Registrars held all completed registers for their area.

EVOLUTION OF THE SYSTEMEVOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM

Obligation to registerBirths and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland ) Amendment 1880

INFORMATION RECORDED: BIRTHSINFORMATION RECORDED: BIRTHS

Persons required to register births were:• the parent or parents, or in the case of death or inability of the parent or parents• the occupier of the house or tenement in which the child was born, or• the Nurse, or• any person present at the birth of the child.The information they were required to supply was:• the date and place of birth;• the name (if any);• the sex;• the name, surname and dwelling place of the father;• the name, surname, maiden surname and dwelling place of the mother;• the rank, profession, or occupation of the father.• The informant and the Registrar were both required to sign each entry, which also included

date of registration, residence of the informant and his or her "qualification" (for example, "present at birth"). Notice to the Registrar of the birth to be given within 21 days, and full details within three months.

GRO BIRTHGRO BIRTH

INFORMATION RECORDED: DEATHSINFORMATION RECORDED: DEATHS

Persons required to register deaths were:• some person present at death, or• some person in attendance during the last illness of the deceased, or• the occupier of the house or tenement where the death took place, or• someone else residing in the house or tenement where the death took place, or• any person present at, or having knowledge of the circumstances of, the death.The information they were required to supply was:• the date and place of death;• the name and surname of the deceased;• the sex of the deceased;• the condition of the deceased as to marriage;• the age of the deceased at last birthday;• the rank, profession or occupation of the deceased;• the certified cause of death, and the duration of the final illness;• Informant and the Registrar both required to sign each entry, to include date of registration,

residence of the informant and his or her "qualification" (for example, "present at death"). Notice to the Registrar of the death to be given within 7 days, and full details within 14 days.

GRO DEATHGRO DEATH

INFORMATION RECORDED: MARRIAGESINFORMATION RECORDED: MARRIAGES

The information to be supplied was:the date when married;the names and surnames of each of the parties marrying;their respective ages;their condition (i.e. bachelor, spinster, widow, widower);their rank, profession or occupation;their residences at the time of marriage;the name and surname of the fathers of each of the parties ;the rank, profession or occupation of the fathers of each of the parties.

GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE MARRIAGEGENERAL REGISTER OFFICE MARRIAGE

• Records: Place, Date, Names, Occupations, Addresses, Fathers’ names and

occupations, witnesses

CHURCH OF IRELAND MARRIAGECHURCH OF IRELAND MARRIAGE

GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE INDEXGENERAL REGISTER OFFICE INDEX

GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE: ROSCOMMONGENERAL REGISTER OFFICE: ROSCOMMON

• General Register Office,Government Offices,Convent Road,Roscommon.

Research ...

GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE: DUBLINGENERAL REGISTER OFFICE: DUBLIN

DOING RESEARCH: GRO DOING RESEARCH: GRO

• Central indexes• 1 volume per year to 1877; 4 thereafter• €2 per 5 years indexes; €20 full day • €4 per print-out

GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE: BELFASTGENERAL REGISTER OFFICE: BELFAST

• General Register Office for Northern Ireland; Oxford House; 49-55 Chichester Street; Belfast BT1 4HL

• Computerised register searches

• Appointment needed

ANOMALIESANOMALIES

• Shultze registers• Maritime registers• Foreign register• Army records• Late registrations

GRO RECORDS GRO RECORDS Available via:

General Register Offices, Dublin & BelfastNI GRO online - https://geni.nidirect.gov.ukLocal registrar’s offices (Health centres)Some heritage centres (www.rootsireland.ie)LDS • Microfilm: indexes to 1958, some registers• www.familysearch.org (Births 1864-81?, Marriages & deaths to 1870?; Indexes “1845-1958”)

GRO RECORDS ONLINE: N.I.GRO RECORDS ONLINE: N.I.

https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk

GRO RECORDS ONLINE: N.I.GRO RECORDS ONLINE: N.I.

BIRTHS

AREA INDEXES ONLINE REGISTERS ONLINE

All Ireland 1864-1921 Yes 1864-1st Q. 1881 Yes

1900-1913 No

Republic of Ireland 1922-1958 Yes 1930 - 1955 No

Northern Ireland 1922-1959 No 1922-1959 No

MARRIAGES


All Ireland 1845-1921 Yes 1845 - 1870 Part

Republic of Ireland 1922-1958 Yes


DEATHS


All Ireland 1864-1921 Yes 1864-1870 Part

Republic of Ireland 1922-1958 Yes


LDS GRO records:microfilm & online

LDS GRO records:microfilm & online

GRO RECORDS ONLINEGRO RECORDS ONLINE

www.FamilySearch.orgwww.FamilySearch.org

www.FamilySearch.orgwww.FamilySearch.org

www.familysearch.orgwww.familysearch.org



Full (?) birth transcripts to 1880 (?)



GRO RECORDS ONLINEGRO RECORDS ONLINEComplete indexes

GRO RECORDS ONLINE: INDEXESGRO RECORDS ONLINE: INDEXES

Superintendent Registrars’ Districts (Poor Law Unions)

GRO RECORDS ONLINE: INDEXESGRO RECORDS ONLINE: INDEXES


•Local heritage centres•Some only•Local registrar’s records

www.rootsireland.ie

Rootsireland.ieRootsireland.ie

Rootsireland.ieRootsireland.ie

GRO RECORDS ONLINE: COMING SOONGRO RECORDS ONLINE: COMING SOON

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Diploma in Family History General Register Office records