From the parish registers for the RC parish of Muintervarra [variant names: Kilcrohane, Muintervara, Durrus), Diocese of Cork & Ross, County of Cork, civil parish of Kilcrohane, Co. Cork, at the NLI's Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI. For all of the marriage records transcribed below, the officiating priest was the Rev. Richard Quinn, parish … Continue reading Muintervara Marriages, 1823-1824
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Muintevara Marriages, 1821-1822
From the parish registers for the RC parish of Muintervarra [variant names: Kilcrohane, Muintervara, Durrus), Diocese of Cork & Ross, County of Cork, civil parish of Kilcrohane, Co. Cork, at the NLI's Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI. For all of the marriage records transcribed below, the officiating priest was the Rev. Richard Quinn, parish … Continue reading Muintevara Marriages, 1821-1822
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Muintervara Marriages, 1819-1820
From the parish registers for the RC parish of Muintervarra [variant names: Kilcrohane, Muintervara, Durrus), Diocese of Cork & Ross, County of Cork, civil parish of Kilcrohane, Co. Cork, at the NLI's Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI. For all of the marriage records transcribed below, the officiating priest was the Rev. Richard Quinn, parish … Continue reading Muintervara Marriages, 1819-1820
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Why was my ancestor’s baptism (or marriage) recorded twice?
In searching for your ancestors' Catholic church records, the most common problem you'll encounter is that you cannot find a relevant record. There are any number of reasons why you haven't (or haven't yet) discovered the baptismal or marriage record that you've been hoping to find, but in general those reasons will fall under one … Continue reading Why was my ancestor’s baptism (or marriage) recorded twice?
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Batch baptisms: Loughgilly, Co. Armagh
The NLI's Catholic Parish Registers is pretty much the most amazing Irish genealogy site I have yet to come across. I could spend hours browsing its digitized images (of the microfilm images) of actual parish registers; and I have to admit that I sometimes do. And if you browse through the parish registers, every once … Continue reading Batch baptisms: Loughgilly, Co. Armagh
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Map of Québec Catholic parishes
Looking for a Catholic parish in the province of Québec? Check out the Drouin Institute's very handy Carte des paroisses catholiques du Québec jusqu'en 1912 (Map of the Catholic parishes of Québec up to 1912). You can zoom in on a region to get a better look at its parishes. Click on a blue pin to get the name … Continue reading Map of Québec Catholic parishes
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Translating French Records: Catholic Marriage Records
Of the three types of Roman Catholic records most commonly used for genealogical purposes (baptismal, marriage, and burial), marriage records are often the most useful, and potentially the most complex. Most useful because of the sheer amount of genealogical information that can often be gleaned from a Catholic marriage record. While a baptismal record will … Continue reading Translating French Records: Catholic Marriage Records
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NLI’s RC Parish Registers Project
The National Library of Ireland's Catholic Parish Registers Digitisation Project is scheduled to launch on 8 July 2015 (see Catholic Parish Register Project Launch press release for details). John Grenham has seen the prototype, and reports that the images are "90 percent squint-free!"
