Westmeath Registration Districts

[Pennines]

Hello Folks,

I'm afraid I am back again having moved onto my husband's maternal family ancestry (after pestering you all with the paternal side in Kildare!)

All I want to know at this point, is whether the Delvin Registration District changed at some point to Mullingar please?

I have attempted to search for information about this - but nothing comes up.
The areas of interest are Collinstown, Kilcumny, Taghmon - which fell into Delvin Reg Dist initially.
In the 1900s I am struggling to find BMDs for the family cropping up on the Civil Registration Index in Delvin though - and hence I am wondering if there was a change.

Many thanks in advance.

[Sinann]

We seem to be almost connected
My lot are Collinstown area and Kildare as well.
This is a good site for Reg districts
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Ireland-civil-registration.html
as you can see changes are included.
I'm not aware of any change for Delvin, all my Collinstown lot show up in Delvin right across the date range.

[Pennines]

Sinann -- many thanks for your speedy reply.

I have to admit I wasn't finding any change to it - but nor was I finding BMDs after about 1920 in Delvin.

Re possible connection --- I did correspond with you some time ago regarding the Collinstown connection and you were very helpful. I was just dipping my toe in the water then - now I am trying to write a detailed family history.

The name Partland crops up as a sideways connection actually in Collinstown. Mary Josephine Partland, cousin of my mother-in-law's mother, Kate Travers, was brought up with Kate Travers and a witness at her marriage.

Mary Josephine Partland was the daughter of Ellen Travers and her husband William 'Partlen' - who never seem to live together! (I love a mystery)

[Sinann]

I remember I was looking at Ellen and William one night, I was thinking William might be a brother of my great grandmother Catherine Partland/Nugent but I don't think I followed it through at the time.

Life is pure chaos at the moment but I'll check my notes later.

[hallmark]

People are allowed to move!

[Pennines]

Hallmark - thank you. I might not be the brightest button in the box when it comes to Irish research, but even I realised that people were allowed to move.

Some Registration Districts in England did change over time - I merely wondered if the same thing had happened in Southern Ireland, when I was suddenly unable to find records I was expecting to find in Delvin.

[Sinann]

Depending on what site you are using, it could be date limit of a particular site, FamilySearch has later dates than Irish Genealogy.
Also I think (I've no proof) the War of Independence interfered a bit with everyone getting registered. My grandparents married in Collinstown in 1922 and they have no marriage cert.

[Pennines]

Thank you, Sinann - I am actually using the Civil Reg Index on Ancestry - which goes up to 1958. Interesting what you have said though, about no marriage cert for your grandparents.

I'll battle on!

[Sinann]

I'd forgotten about this thread.

I see from William and Ellen's marriage that William's father was Philip.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1899/10372/5776310.pdf
So William isn't my great grandmother Catherine's brother, Catherine's father was a William. I still haven't found out what happened to her brother William.

Do you ever find the record you were looking for?