Ministers Martin and Humphreys announce release of additional online historic civil registration records
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From: Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
- Published on: 27 March 2023
- Last updated on: 27 March 2023
An additional year of historic Births, Marriages and Deaths are now available to view on the Irish Genealogy website. The records now available online include:
- birth register records – 1864 to 1922
- marriage register records – 1845 to 1947
- death register records – 1864 to 1972
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, welcomed this latest release:
“This release of an additional year of register data on the Irish Genealogy website, as provided by the Civil Registration Service, is part of the ongoing partnership between my department and the Department of Social Protection.
“The aim of this continuing project is to make all these historic records freely and easily accessible to all members of the public via the Irish Genealogy website.
“I’m sure both new and returning visitors to the site, will welcome the addition of these records for continued research."
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys added:
“The rich detail in the civil records of birth, death and marriages gives us a better understanding of our ancestors’ lifestyles and relationships.
“Civil registration records give us a really solid sense of our origins and provide our citizens and the Irish diaspora easy access to this wealth of family history.
“I therefore very much welcome the ongoing partnership between our two departments, which has allowed us to make this latest tranche of information easily available from today.”
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The records being launched are the Birth register entries for 1922, Marriage Register entries for 1947 and Death Register entries for 1972. These entries show important information that are often vital in helping people to find out about their ancestry.
For births these include:
- childs forename/s
- childs surname
- date of birth
- place of birth
- father's name and address
- mother's name and maiden name if married
- father's occupation
- signature of informant (person who registered your birth)
- date of registration of the birth
For marriages these include:
- marriage location
- date of marriage
- forename/s and surnames of bride and groom
- age at time of marriage
- condition (that is, bachelor, spinster or widowed)
- occupation of bride and groom
- bride's and groom's father's names and addresses
- occupations of bride’s and groom’s fathers
- signature of bride and groom
- signature of witnesses
For deaths these include:
- date and place of death
- name and surname of deceased
- male or female
- condition of deceased (that is, bachelor, spinster or widowed)
- age at last birthday
- rank, profession or occupation of deceased
- cause of death and duration of illness
- signature, qualification and residence of informant
- date of registration
The years covered by the historic records of Births, Marriages and Deaths available on the Irish Genealogy website are:
- births: 1864 to 1922
- marriages: 1845* to 1947
- deaths: 1871* * to 1972
- Civil Registration of Marriages in the Roman Catholic Church only commenced in 1864.
- *The Civil Registration Service are currently working on updating the remaining records of Deaths dating back to 1864. These will be included in future updates to the records available on the website.
Every year an additional year of Birth, Marriage and Death entries are added to the website.
The website is free to use and no subscription or registration is required to use it.
A notable addition to records available with the 2022 refresh:
Birth 1922:
Eamonn Andrews CBE, (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987). Born in Synge Street Dublin, son of William Andrew and Margaret nee Farrell.
An Irish radio and television presenter Andrews is probably best known for presenting the long running UK show “This is your life”, from 1955 to 1987.
Between 1960 and 1964, Andrews served as the chairman of the Radio Éireann Authority (now the RTÉ Authority), where he oversaw the introduction of state television to the Republic of Ireland and the establishment of RTE as an independent semi-state organisation.
