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Civil Records
Civil registers of
births and deaths are available from 1864 and civil
registers of marriages are available from 1845 (in
the case of Protestant marriages) and for all
marriages from 1864 -
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The detailed information on
births, deaths and marriages for
Northern Ireland is
held by the General Register Office in Belfast. You
can also obtain information relating to Northern
Ireland births, deaths and marriages before 1922 in the Research Section of the
General Register Office in Abbey Street, Dublin or
from the Administrative Office in Roscommon.
Alternatively, you can make use of online databases
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The first two links below will
provide you with information on procedures, fees,
etc. in the two Registry Offices within the island.
The third link is to the Indexes to Births, Deaths
and Marriages which are now available online at the
Mormon website at
www.familysearch.org. At that site you will also
find the IGI. The final two links will
take you to two relevant online databases.
In searching for North Antrim Ancestors your research may take
you outside the county. Within Ireland go to
Irish Family History Foundation
Online Genealogy
Databases for Ireland [ORS] -
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more. When searching for marriages in
Co. Londonderry you will find the
Irish Genealogy: Central Signposting Index
[CSI] useful for identifying the date of
a marriage.For individuals or families connected with the British mainland the following websites are
worth visiting -
ScotlandsPeople;
Findmypast.com;
National Archives UK;
Ancestry.co.uk and
Ancestry.com.
Note that Ancestry.com can be accessed,
free, at a computer at any local library throughout
Northern Ireland, by using your library card.
Note that you cannot access Ancestry.com
[free]
from your home computer.
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