A guide to researching your ancestors in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, using resources at State Library Victoria.
The civil registration of non Catholic marriages began on April 1, 1845. Registration of all other marriages and all births and deaths began on January 1, 1864. All births, marriages and deaths were registered with district registrars and each registration district was set up within the boundaries of the existing Poor Law Unions.
Irish birth, death and marriage registers and indexes dating up to 1921 are housed in the General Register Office research room in Dublin. From 1922 onwards the records for the Republic of Ireland are housed in the General Register Office, whilst records for Northern Ireland are held at the General Register Office of Northern Ireland (GRONI) in Belfast.
Uncover the historic records of Births, Marriages and Deaths of the Irish General Register Office. This site now provides free access to the historic registers for the following collections:
Search birth, death and marriage indexes, census records, passenger lists, directories, military records, land records, gravestone inscriptions and other sources for British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand family history.
Order certificates for the Republic of Ireland from the General Register Office - the central civil repository for Ireland. Order certificates for Northern Ireland from the General Register Office of Northern Ireland (GRONI).
Information on what you can expect to find on the birth, death and marriage certificates can be found on this page of the Irish Genealogical Research Society website.
