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22 Jan 2013We publish 21 million Irish birth, marriage and death records
Today is an exciting day for anyone with Irish roots: we’ve published 21 million Irish birth, marriage and death records on findmypast.co.uk
Millions of us have Irish links in our family tree and these birth, marriage and death records could provide you with a breakthrough in your Irish family history research. These records will give you an insight into the key events in your Irish ancestors’ lives, which are crucial when building your family tree.
Coverage of the records is as follows:
- Births: 1864–1958
- Marriages: 1845–1958
- Deaths: 1864–1958
Government (civil) registration of marriages began for non-Catholic marriages in 1845, for Catholic marriages in 1864, and for births and deaths in 1864.
From 1864 to 1921, the birth, marriage and death records cover all 32 counties in Ireland. From 1921 to 1958 they cover the Republic of Ireland, excluding Northern Ireland.
These records are included in our World subscription. You can also use PayAsYouGo credits to view the records.
Disappointed that the Irish records are only available to subscribers with a ‘World’ subscription. I already subscribe to a ‘Full’ subscription which costs a considerable amount of money, so don’t think I will be upgrading.
Totally agree, this is almost a con, given the trumpeting of: – good news for those with Irish ancestors!
Ireland GRO doubled the cost of certificates from 10 euros to 20. Find My Past have obviously taken a leaf out of their book.
Hi Jo and Jay,
We’re working in partnership with our sister findmypast sites in Ireland, Australia/New Zealand and America to bring you the international records on findmypast.co.uk. Our Britain Full subscription still grants you access to all our British records (and any new British records we add).
The Irish records aren’t our records to give – they are kindly offered by findmypast.ie – which means that they’re not included in our Britain Full subscription.
You can use PayAsYouGo credits to view the Irish BMDs if you want a specific record and don’t want to upgrade to a World subscription. We don’t have any affiliation with the GRO in Ireland and prices for photocopies for genealogical research still cost €4.
Hope that helps,
Jess (findmypast.co.uk digital content manager)
Did findmypast.ie pinch your name? Or do they pay you for using it?
Could you please give me the link to the page which will tell me in detail what IS included in the “full” subscription?
Thanks
Did findmypast.ie pinch your name? Or do they pay you for using it?
Could you please give me the link to the page which will tell me in detail what IS included in the “full” subscription? AND also a page which can tell me the contents of the “World” subscription?
Thanks
Ihave looked at the new Irish record index and the people that I am interested in all seem to have been married 3 or 4 times, 2 of the people I kn ow for certain have only been married once, can you explain to me how this can be, thanks for any help.
Regards,
Syd
Hi Syd,
Just like the England & Wales records, the Irish BMDs are a civil index so there are multiple people on the same page – this is down to the way the records are written. The certificate itself will show only one marriage and should give you plenty of further details for your research.
Thanks for getting in touch,
Jess (findmypast.co.uk digital content manager)
Having upgraded from full to World Subcription. I was dissapointed not to find any Nenagh or Templemore Co.Tipperary parish records for my JAMES NELIS & family.1831-1848
They Do exist on Rootsireland.ie.
When will I be able to view them on findmypast please.
Hi Joan,
Thanks for your comments. I’m afraid we can’t reveal when we’ll be publishing any new Irish records on findmypast.co.uk. We’ll update you as soon as we can though so stay tuned.
Jess (findmypast.co.uk digital content manager)
Never mind Ireland, where are the Scottish records? Unless or until they decide otherwise, Scotland is in Britain. I’ve just had to fork out an extra £7 for a Scottish site.
Hi Barbara,
You can search the 1841-1901 Scottish censuses on findmypast.co.uk:
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/search-menu/census-land-and-surveys
ScotlandsPeople is the only official government website for Scottish family history records. On ScotlandsPeople you can search online for records from the National Records of Scotland:
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
Hope that helps.
Jess (findmypast.co.uk digital content manager)