Tips for searching Irish BMD civil registrations

[eadaoin]

sandiego
I won't be looking at those years 1872-1877 in the GRO for some months (one has to pay a small sum for each 5 years).
However I looked at the microfilms today for 1872/73/74 in the Dublin city Library. Would you believe - they didn't film the  at sea, abroad, army births!!
though I'm sure they're in the back of the actual books ..

I suggest you put a request on the Ireland Board .. something like ...
"GRO Lookup please 1872-1877 .. army etc births"
say that you've already looked at the ordinary indexes, and would someone please look at the back of each year

regards eadaoin

[sandiego04]

Thanks Anne and eadaoin!  You have both been most helpful.

[sooty24]

The Births Deaths and Marriages for Ireland on familysearch.org pilot have been updated to include mother's maiden name for births. which is wonderful as it really narrows the search. The last update was 27th of April 2010

Sooty24

[sooty24]

Take a look at the familysearch.org pilot BDM for Ireland. It has been updated recently and now includes the maiden name of mother on birth certs. Its great

[skibbgirl]

For the first time I can now type in a father and a mother and pull up a list of children.  It doesn't work for all couples and it doesn't find all children, but *if* there is data there it is hugely helpful when I want to start constructing a family group sheet.

Prior to that I would go to Advanced Search, type in the father's name and the mother's name, then start randomly guessing children's names.  That method has actually found me several people, but I felt like a fool doing it.

In addition, I see there is more granularity in specifying location.  I can't tell you how GREAT that is!  I can now narrow my search in a registration subdistrict within a PLU.  Skibbereen is a HUGE place!   

I was at a local FHC yesterday and told one of the ladies there working on the indexing what I am actually able to do now.  I think it made her feel good.

[bikermickau]

Following the guidelines posted I have located 7 births which I hadn't been able to locate before.

I do find it a bit misleading as when I click on Ireland Births, 1864-1881, it takes me to a search page claiming
Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881.

I haven't located any Births before 1864 on the names I've searched for.

Mick

P.S. I haven't yet been able to bring up all 7 results in one search. 5 is the best so far.

[Ruskie]

Thanks for the links, hints and tips - I'm going to give them all a go in my Irish quest. Some day, on some site I might get a positive result ....

[MariaB]

I've been trying to find my way around in the familysearch site by using the T&E method (trial and error  ) and seem to get better at it. What puzzles me though is when I have positively  identified the birth of a female and then want to look up her marriage date and husband, I never know whether to use her maiden name or not.
Are the marriages registered for a woman under her new name or her maiden name?
If Miss Jane Smith married a Joe Soap, do I look for Jane Soap or Jane Smith to find her marriage registration?

2nd question; if there is just a reference to a marriage in the above case (no husband's name, no mother's maiden name etc), would I get further details from the original record? It does not seem to make sense when a marriage is indexed but the spouse is not listed.

3rd question; when a mother's name is listed in a birth registration, it is sometimes a double name, one of the father & husband, the other one is - I assume - her maiden name. Is there an order in the indexing of these double names? \His name first and then hers or vice versa?

 Maria B

[shanew147]

1) bride's are recorded and indexed in marriage records under their maiden surname

2) to see the full details of a marriage you need to order a cert from the GRO - see : Details included on a Marriage Cert and Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon

To find a possible marriage, search for the bride and groom in the index separately and then check for reference cross-matches. The details that must match for a possible marriage are : year/quarter, registration district, volume & page

3) Births are indexed under the child's name. Births in the index from the late 1920s (Republic of Ireland only), include the mother's maiden surname. A birth cert will show the full details :  Details included on a Birth Cert

see also :

 Introduction to Irish Records
 My Ancestor came from Ireland - where do I start?   



Shane