United Kingdom & Ireland - Ireland > Birth, death and marriage records

Free civil registration indexes and record images for Ireland - IrishGenealogy.ie - holds 12.5 million index records linked to 2.5 million images from the historic registers of births, marriages and deaths. Free images are available for births 1864 to 1915, marriages 1882 to 1940 and deaths 1891 to 1965.
TIP: Use in conjunction with the following: Registration Districts of Ireland: An Alphabetical List of the Registration Districts of Ireland with Details of Counties, Sub­Districts and Adjacent Districts by Michael J.Thompson, 2012. This is available online as a PDF.

• Free UK Genealogy - Human transcription of family history data

  Free UK Genealogy works with volunteers to make transcriptions of family history records. Current projects include transcribing the England and Wales index of Births Marriages and Deaths, historic … more

• Irish Ancestors by John Grenham

  This extensive site offers access to a wealth of information via several databases. These include: • Irish Surnames - a search returns the surname mapped, a list of variants, surname histories … more

• Drumragh - Tyrone Ireland - Roman Catholic Parish Registers

  The free online database covers: • Baptisms 1846-1910• Marriages 1846-1927• Deaths 1846-1942The records include free high quality digital images of the registers. Note: These indexes … more

• Ancestry.com - Ireland Catholic Parish Registers 1655-1915

  This collection is made up of baptism, marriage and death records from 1,000+ Catholic parishes in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. While baptism and marriage records make up the … more

• Ancestry.com - United Kingdom, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969

  This is a diverse collection of birth, baptism, marriage, death, and burial records. Most document events in the lives of British subjects, but the records were created, recorded, or held for … more

• National Library of Ireland - Catholic Parish Register Images Online

  The online images cover most Catholic parishes in Ireland and Northern Ireland up to 1880. The free images, in black and white, are of the microfilms of the original birth and marriage registers held … more

• SWilson.Info - Maps, Databases, Directories and Information - Ireland

  This site by Shane Wilson has a free collection of digitised maps of Dublin and Ireland, viewable in Google map format; a townland database with several different types of searches available; scans … more

• IrishGenealogy.ie - Indexes and free record images to the Historic Civil Records

  These indexes to the Irish civil registration records date from 1864 with non-Roman Catholic marriages from 1845. Use this site to search for births over 100 years, marriages over 75 years and deaths … more

• FamilySearch: A Guide to the British Batches

  This site by Archer Software lists the extracted batch numbers for the British Isles that previously formed part of the International Genealogical Index (IGI). To search for a particular parish or … more

• The Representative Church Body Library Ireland - Archive of the Month

  This is a great place to find a wide range of unique online resources. Some examples include:• Killoughter, County Cavan, Vestry Minute Book 1813-1916 - Nov 2016• The Foundation and … more

• Casey’s Remarkable Collection of Genealogical Sources for Kerry and Cork ... and How to Use It

  This article by Michele Patin for the Irish Emigration Library at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin explains how to use  the sixteen-volume collection of works edited … more

• RIP.ie End of Life Matters - Death Notices

  This site features online death notices for Ireland dating from July 2006. Searches are available by surname, county, town or date range. New more

• Independent.ie - Family Announcements - Ireland

  Announcement.ie is a service offered by Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Limited to publish newspaper announcements and notices online. Notices available date from 2008 and include birth, death and … more

• Early Irish Marriages database - pre 1864

  This database by the Irish Genealogical Research Society has been compiled from records at  the Registry of Deeds in Dublin plus newspaper announcements, marriages noted in Chancery Bill … more

• General Register Office of Northern Ireland (GRONI) - Online Search

  General Register Office of Northern Ireland (GRONI) has launched an online search facility for Northern Ireland birth, death and marriage records. It is free to search the indexes and charges apply … more