Irish births, deaths and marriages

General information

• Registration of births, deaths and marriages started in 1 January, 1864.  The records are at the General Register Office, 8-11 Lombard St East, Dublin 2.

• The indexes have been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah (Mormon Church) 1864-1921 and can be ordered through any LDS Family History Centre. Auckland City Libraries is now an accredited LDS Family History Centre - see more information about the microfilm service.

• Summaries of the birth certificates 1864 - 1867 are included in the International Genealogical Index.

• From 1921 the entries for Northern Ireland are at the General Register Offfice, 49-55 Chichester Street, Belfast.

• Search International Genealogical Index for baptism and marriage records.

• Vital Records Index British Isles (CD Rom) contains 5 million births, christenings and marriages taken from a partial collection of records in the British Isles dating from 1538-1888 - this includes Ireland.

We are always open to suggestions for purchase. if you know of a resource that you think the library should have, contact the Family history Librarian.

Recommended reading:

4 IRL AID  Grenham, John  Tracing your Irish Ancestors - Chapter 1. Civil Records

4 IRL AID  Ryan, James Irish Records. Sources for family and local history - p 10.