Course Enrollment: IR-105 Irish: Civil Registration

Optional Print Course Material: Irish: Civil Registration Records

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Life events (birth, death, and marriage) became vital source records for genealogists with the implementation of civil registration. In Ireland, due to political issues, civil registration began in two stages. This course will discuss civil birth, marriage, and death records from 1864 and non-Catholic/secular marriage records from April 1845.

In addition, the course discusses the contents, availability, how the documentation changed over time, the limitations and advantages of civil vital records, and effective research strategies for using this record type.

Historical: This course at the Basic level originated August 2024. Current version copyright is August 2024.
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Formerly an Intermediate level course, originated January 2002, final version copyright April 2017.