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Offline athacliath62

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Re: Protestant church birth records for Athlone 1859-63
« Reply #9 on: Friday 10 January 14 19:18 GMT (UK) »
part of Athlone is in Westmeath. Meath is a separate county

registration of births did not start until 1864, the army records are seperate

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Re: Protestant church birth records for Athlone 1859-63
« Reply #10 on: Friday 10 January 14 19:37 GMT (UK) »
the family was English so I would have thought our rule would apply to have to register the childrens births somewhere !! and usually the families then had their chidren christened within 6weeks of birth.  getting desperate  now!!

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Re: Protestant church birth records for Athlone 1859-63
« Reply #11 on: Friday 10 January 14 20:31 GMT (UK) »
If the children were born in Ireland then the rules in Ireland apply- registration of births started in 1864.
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Re: Protestant church birth records for Athlone 1859-63
« Reply #12 on: Friday 24 January 14 11:56 GMT (UK) »
The St Marys C of I - Athlone records are in Dublin. You could also try contacting the local studies unit in Athlone, i have found them really helpful in the past. The unit is in Athlone Library.
 Contact for  Athlone library on athlib@westmeathcoco.ie and reference the enquiry to Gearoid O'Brien, the senior librarian. He has written many books and articles on the history of Athlone and runs the local studies unit there.

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