BMD's after 1958 Frustration

[Cog]

Hi Everyone

Does anyone know of any future plans for BMD's after 1958 to be released ??

Carol 

[Craclyn]

Released where?

[Cog]

Ahh sorry Craclyn ....online I meant.

[dathai]

May be of use to you
Wills and Testamentary Records,National Archives Ireland. found by googling same.
Gives will extracts and other Government references up to fairly recent times.

[HugoBeauchamp]

For those of us waiting (im)patiently for the 'Enhanced' GRO (Ireland) Indexes to appear on line, it's worth keeping an eye on Claire Santry's blog Irish Genealogy News http://irish-genealogy-news.blogspot.co.uk/. If you put "Enhanced" into the search box near the top left of the page and sort by date order you'll have a good run down on the progress - rather lack of - this project.

John Grenham - Irish Roots column in the Irish Times also comments; his piece on the progress of uploading records on line is here http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/irish-roots-1.1667147.

Another good source is Chris Paton's blog 'British GENES' at http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/ a search there may also be helpful.

I wrote to the Minister for the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, back in April, had an acknowledgement saying the matter was being looked into but nothing since...................

H

[Cog]

Hey 

thanks for replies , it just seems so frustrating that again Ireland are so far behind the rest of the world with online sources ...its coming up to 60 years ! I realise there would have to be a period where for privacy a cut off period would be put in place ...but 56 years !! I think they have their reasons to hold back on people being able to trace others that may be alive but this wouldnt stop anyone as they are public records , but for people that cannot get to Ireland its massively frustrating . Thanks for the links , and I think I may be getting quite a few people to send emails asking for the same to be released .

Carol

[loudam]

Carol

If your looking for a birth, marriage or death cert after 1958 you can still order it through the GRO once you have the date!

But they were supposed to be updated before christmas to include mothers maiden name from 1904 to 1927 too but it still hasn't happened!

[Cog]

Yes Loudam , but was wondering about online for people that cannot get to GRO , also so that references can be found in order to use the online service without having to pay for a search. Its all so far behind isnt it

[loudam]

It really could be so helpful to have post 1958 records available!!

But you can order via fax and post to the GRO without  search fee if you have a name and date of birth/death/marriage and they now will email back the certs to you too!