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Civil Registration information for County Tipperary and places above it in the hierarchy

Civil registration of all births, marriages, and deaths in Ireland began in 1864, except for non-Catholic marriages, for which registration started in 1845. Some guidance can be found in PRONI's downloadable guidance note: "General Register Office" (free).

Available Records

Registration produced two sets of records: the registers for births, marriages & deaths, plus the published indexes to those registers. In 1922 the repository was split onto two:

Records for Northern Ireland kept by the General Register Office Northern Ireland (GRONI) in Belfast. Online search is available for the indices of records of births over 100 years old, marriages over 75 years old and deaths (including World War II death records) over 50 years old. More recent records can only be viewed in-person at GRONI's Search Room in Belfast. For events prior to 1922, see also the next item.
Records for the Republic of Ireland are held at the General Register Office (GRO) in Dublin. Free access to screenshots of their original records (fully surname-indexed) is available at www.irishgenealogy.ie. These records cover Births 1862-1922, Marriages 1845-1947 and Deaths 1871-1972; with earlier deaths (1864-1871) to be added in due course.. Note that Roman Catholic Marriages were only recorded from 1864.

Copies of Certificates can be ordered online and by post from GRO or GRONI as appropriate.

Adoption

For the Republic of Ireland, the Birth Information and Tracing Act now gives right of access to available birth certificates, birth & early life information, to anyone who was adopted, boarded out, the subject of an illegal birth registration, or who otherwise have questions in relation to their origins. This access is also available to the children of those individuals. See www.birthinfo.ie

UK and Ireland

Information on Civil Registration in the countries of the British Isles
Research your family history using the General Register Office - includes details of the GRO's certificate ordering service.
The UK BMD web site offers links to over 400 web sites that provide on-line information for UK births, marriages and deaths.

Civil Registration

The records of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales are held by the General Register Office which is part of the UK Identity and Passport Service. The records themselves are only available in the form of certified copy certificates. The printed (and in some cases, hand written) indexes to the records have, historically, been available to the public but have now been withdrawn. Microfiche copies are avaiable in many locations and images of these indexes are also available through several web sites.

For further details see the Civil Registration sections of the England or Wales pages.

Records for Scotland are different and are at:

The General Register Office for Scotland
New Register House
Princess Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3YT

For further details see the Civil Registration section of the Scotland page.

Irish records have their own system as well. The records of births, marriages and deaths for all of Ireland up to 1921, and for Eire since 1921 are held at:

Register General
Joyce House
8/11 Lombard Street East
Dublin 2

Records for Northern Ireland since 1921 are at:

Oxford House
49/55 Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 4HL

Wales was largely conquered by the English in the 14th Century, and was officially united with England in 1535. King James VI of Scotland inherited the throne of England (as James I) in 1603, but the two countries remained separate entities until the Act of Union in 1707 forming 'Great Britain'. Ireland had been claimed by the English Kings since the 12th Century but was not officially joined to Great Britain until 1801. Ireland was given independence in 1921 as the Irish Free State (later called 'Eire'), but the counties of Ulster opted out and (as Northern Ireland) remain part of the United Kingdom.

So, today, the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' includes 'Great Britain', which in turns includes England, Scotland and Wales.

The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are 'Crown Dependencies' which are technically outside the United Kingdom and have their own local legislatures. This is course is the offical version. You will find many people referring to 'England' when they actually mean 'Britain' or the 'UK'.

Contributions by:

John Pritchard

Changes For This Version (1.1 - 1995/07/31)

Added location of Irish and Scottish records. Added explanation of the relationship between the various parts of the country.

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Civil Registration information for County Tipperary and places above it in the hierarchy

County Tipperary

Ireland

UK and Ireland