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Genealogy
The archives of the Church of Ireland, and particularly parochial registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, are a primary source for genealogists and family historians. Although many registers were destroyed in the past, especially in the fire in the Public Record Office of Ireland in 1922, many others have survived…
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Genealogy Links
In the event that you do not have a parish of origin, then please note that church registers will not be useful for your research. Unfortunately without precise location details (either a parish, townland, or the in the case of an urban centre, a street) we are unable to assist…
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RCB Library
For the Library’s Opening Hours please click here. Before access to the Reading Room, Visitors must confirm they have read the Library Regulations. Please click here to read the Regulations for Readers of Archives and Manuscripts. The main functions of the Library are: to serve the needs of those…
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Archive of the Month June 2014 – Registers for Taughboyne parishes, County Donegal, transcribed and online to 1900
The churches of Taughboyne group, diocese of Raphoe Continuing its commitment to make available transcripts of parish registers online, the Representative Church Body Library’s Archive of the Month for June heads to the…
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Church of Ireland records for Dublin City, County Kerry and County Carlow are now online
The remaining Church of Ireland parish records for Dublin City, County Kerry and County Carlow have now been added to the Irish Genealogy website, together with a subset of the records of parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross.
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The Church of Ireland Gazette editions for 1913 fully searchable online
The Church of Ireland Gazette editions for 1913 fully searchable online To view the search engine click: https://esearch.informa.ie/rcb.
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Online Parish Records
A small number of parish registers have been digitised and are available to view here and on the Anglican Record Project. This digital record is a work in progress. Table of Church of Ireland Parish RegistersThroughout Ireland (Baptisms, Marriages, Burials & copies – Updated December 2022)
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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
New Listing of Parish RegistersThe recent launch, by the National Library, of an on–line version of its microfilm collection of Roman Catholic parish registers has again focussed attention on the significance of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for genealogical and historical research. This project was warmly praised by the…
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”What is a Preacher’s Book?” by Maeve Mullin
For the digitized copy of the earliest preacher’s book for the parish of Clones click here Alongside baptism, marriage and burial registers,…
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€100,000 grant supports digitisation of Church of Ireland parish registers
The Representative Church Body Library has welcomed the announcement of a €100,000 capital grant towards the digitisation of Church of Ireland parish registers as part of the Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht’s digitisation scheme. The funding was announced by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms…
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