Irish Marriage Records

Records of marriage licences provide information concerning some church of ireland marriages before 1845.

Irish marriage records.

Search irish family history records online. The general register office gro the general register office oifig an ard chláraitheora is the central civil repository for records relating to births stillbirths deaths marriages civil partnerships and adoptions in ireland. Roman catholic and protestant. Searches are free but there is a charge to view results.

The year range represents most of the records. In each case the image shows the marriage register entry. Index to selected ireland marriages. The website is home to the on line historic indexes of the civil registers gro of births marriages civil partnerships and deaths and to church records of baptism marriage and burial from a number of counties.

Largest online irish genealogy records database for 32 counties. Search online records irish genealogy gaeilge. In september 2015 over 2 5 million images of irish births deaths and marriage records from the general register office gro were released online for the first time. Search the general registrar s office northern ireland for births more than 100 years old marriages 75 more than years old and deaths more than 50 years old.

It dates from 1862 two years before all irish marriages had to be registered. Irish family history foundation online research service for the 32 county genealogy centres throughout ireland. The images available on. The images below are a selection of irish marriage records obtained for my own family history research.

People wishing to obtain a licence to marry without having banns called were required to enter into a bond with the bishop of the diocese. Northern irish birth marriage and death registers and certificates. Below is a copy of the register entry of george nichols and sophia doolittle. This irish government supported official web site is dedicated to helping you in your search for records of family history for past generations.

A few records may be earlier or later. Deputy keeper of ireland index to the act or grant books and to original wills of the diocese of dublin 1272 1858 26th 30th and 31st reports 1894 1899 donegal cemetery records farrar s index to irish marriages 1771 1812. Www irishgenealogy ie is a website that allows users the opportunity to search a wide range of record sources in their search of their irish ancestry. Ireland ancestry baptismal birth marriage death census gravestone griffith valuations tithes ships.