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Perhaps the worst effected in the
Applications for searches shouid
in so far as is possible be sent in on fire were the Census Returns prior
the official form which will be sup- to 1922 and of those remaining.
plied on application. The foilowing tbere are twenty-three volumes on
County Antrim for 1851, fourteen
details are asked:
volumes for County Cavan for 182 1
Birth:
and in six volumes for County Lon-
Full names of the Person hos se donderry for 183 1. For some curious
birth details are required.
reason the returns for 1861, 1871,
Date of birth (or approximate 188 1 and 1891 were never preserved.
With regard to the Parish records
a@).
Place of birth. pull details t0 of Protestants living in the Republic,
be given).
these should also have been
Father's name and occupation. deposited at the Public Record
Mother's Christian names and Offia, If they had been, they too
maiden surname.
would probably have been destroyed
Marriages:
in the fire. Fortunately however an
Full names of the parties con- additional clause in the Act allowed
cerned.
a clergyman in charge of the Parish
Date of mamiage. OF this is un- to retain his records provided he
known gve a ~eriod of five could prove adequate storage faci-
cansecutive Years in which Iities. Of the 1,643 Protestant
was likely to have Parishes in Ireland 1,006 of those
taken place).
prior to 1871 were deposited and
Deatbs:
duly destroyed and the remaining
Full names of deceased.
637 are still retained in their own
Date of death (or ~eriod of. fiye Parishes or have been deposited at
consecutive
years
wlthln the Public Record Office since the
which death is believed to fire. In some cases these registers
have occurred).
The Public Record Office for the most cases for the first two cen-
Republic of: Ireland was established turies they were badly kepr but
in 1867. This came into behg be- neverti~eless useful information can
cause the Public Records of Ireland be obtained from them. A letter to
were widely scattered and badly the Public Record Oace will
~reserved. ïlere js a permanent always give the answer as to
ofhial in charge of this office to whether the records of a certain
whom al1 applications should go back to as early as 1634 but in
parish exist and if so where they
sent. may be found.
The Deputy Keeper, Inquiries with regard to Quakers
Public Record Office of Ireland, are kept and maY be referred
The Four Courts, to by application to:
Dublin.
The Society of Friends,
As has been mentioned above. 5 Eustace Street,
this office was largely destroyed in Dublin.
1921, but nevertheless a great deal
of work has ben done where poss- Catholic farish records were not
ible to reconstitute records and the recorded as officia1 prior to 1829
gaps are not nearIy as wide as may and in fact the keeping of such
be supposed. records at that stage was frowned
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