Parish Registers were instigated by Thomas Cromwell from 1538 in the reign of Henry VIII, recording every wedding, baptism and burial. There are gaps in the records for a variety of reasons, such as the civil war, but these records are a prime source for building family trees. From 1597 a copy of the records had to be made and sent to the Bishop. Sometimes the Bishops' Transcript may contain more information than the original, so it can often be worthwhile tracking down both. For more information on Parish Registers there is a brief history on the Wikipedia Parish Register page.
After 1837 Civil Registration was introduced and the Local BMD and GRO BMD records become the primary source.
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Atavus Search Engine |
| Link: | https://search.atavus.org/api/v1/search |
| Description: | Atavus Search Engine Incorporating Fermanagh Gold Genealogy Pages |
| Extra Info: | Easy to use search. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | BARLOW Genealogy and Family History |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20160325025144/http://... |
| Description: | BARLOW Genealogy and Family History |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Click on the region of interest. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Catholic Parish Registers at the National Library of Ireland |
| Link: | https://registers.nli.ie/ |
| Description: | Images from the NLI's collection of Catholic Parish Register Microfilms |
| Extra Info: | The registers contain records of baptisms and marriages from the majority of Catholic parishes in Ireland and Northern Ireland up to 1880. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | CULLEN Genealogy |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210925024643/http://... |
| Description: | CULLEN Genealogy in Ireland and England |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active, however most information is still available to view. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | FERGUSONS of Ireland |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~colin/genealogy/Fer... |
| Description: | FERGUSONS of Ireland - One Name Study |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | HOLLINGWORTH One Name Study |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110611071735/http://h... |
| Description: | HOLLINGWORTH One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site -most information still seems to be available. HOLLINGWORTH and variations. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Internet Archive |
| Link: | http://archive.org/ |
| Description: | Internet Archive |
| Extra Info: | Has many scanned books, including some parish registers. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note baptism and baptisms give different results. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Irish Genealogical Record Search System |
| Link: | https://www.rootsireland.ie/ |
| Description: | Irish Genealogical Record Search System - including Parish Records |
| Extra Info: | Click on Sources to see what is included and the years for which data is available. Includes parish records, census and census substitutes. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Irish Genealogy |
| Link: | https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ |
| Description: | Irish Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | Search by location or name. The marriages are matched and may show details of the parents. Includes indexes and full scans of Irish GRO BMD from 1864 and of non-Catholic marriages from 1845. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | MILLIKEN, MILLIGAN and Related Surnames |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~alanmilliken/geneal... |
| Description: | MILLIKEN, MILLIGAN and Related Surnames Genealogical Research |
| Extra Info: | Surnames of Millican, Milligan, Millikan, Milliken, Millikin, Mulliken, Mullikin, and Mulligan etc. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Ireland - from the Anglican Records Project |
| Link: | https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library... |
| Description: | Anglican Records Project - Church of Ireland Parish Records |
| Extra Info: | An ongoing endeavour to make the registers of baptism, marriage and burial from Church of Ireland parishes available online. |
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