To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Otherdays.com offered their databases for free. The search engine wasn't usable, but I did get this information. Sarah Beattie L107 Wills and Marriage Licenses, Dublin Diocese 1270-1857 Consisting of almost half a million names, the Index of Wills, Marriage Licenses, Administrations and Probates for the diocese of Dublin for the years 1270 to 1800 has just been published in the Otherdays.com Library. The scope of the present Index, both in terms of volume of names and the extensive time period to which it relates, makes it one of the most significant Irish genealogical sources to become available online. While primarily relevant to the diocese of Dublin, the central role of Dublin within Irish society ensures its countrywide significance. The Index was originally published in 1895 as an Appendix to the Twenty-Sixth Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland. The greater majority of the original records upon which the Index was based were destroyed when the Public Record Office was blown up in 1922. As such the present Index will in most cases be the sole surviving record of the event to which it refers. Before 1857 the Church of Ireland, as the Established Church, administered all affairs relating to Marriages and the implementation of Wills. Within each diocese, the Church established its own Consistorial Court that was responsible for the processing of all Wills, Administrations and Marriage Licenses. However where the person's estate included property in another diocese valued at over five pounds, responsibility for the estate passed to a central church court known as the Prerogative Court based in Armagh. The present Index records all persons whose names were recorded by the Consistorial Court of the diocese of Dublin in one or other of the following capacities; Original Wills Probate Acts of Administration (for those who died without making a Will (Intestate)) Marriage Licenses The principal source for the present Index was the "Act or Grant Books of the Consistorial Court of the Diocese of Dublin". However the Index used several other sources that are listed in the "Introductory Notes" that can be viewed online. The majority of those recorded lived within the diocese of Dublin. That diocese contains all of county Dublin and sections of counties Wicklow and Kildare. However many marriages for persons who lived outside of Dublin took place in the Capital City and hence the couple may have applied to the Dublin Consistorial Court for a marriage license. The act of making a Will indicates that a person has some assets to dispose of after death. As such Wills for the nineteenth and earlier centuries relate primarily to those who actually owned property, namely the landed gentry, those engaged in one of the professions e.g. law, medicine, clergy etc., tradespeople, etc. Similarly marriage licenses were normally the reserve of the middle and upper classes. The amount in question however could be very small and as such the present Index does have relevance to those just above the lower social orders. The greater majority of occupations recorded display a remarkable ordinariness, e.g. "baker, carpenter, farrier, cook, clerk, etc." As such this Index is far from being a "landed gentry" source only. The Index is available in the Otherdays.com Library and is searchable by "Surname" only. NAME, LOCATION OCCUPATION DATE TYPE OF RECORD PAGE BATE- Ann, Dublin, Widow 1672 will 200 Elizabeth and Richard Clarke 1797 Marriage 322 Jane and Samuel Mason 1785 Marriage 241 Margaret and William Macracken 1754 Marriage 211(?) Mary and James Flannigan 1749 Marriage 29 Peter, Dublin Gentleman 1726 License 152 Sarah and Jeromiah Jones 1745 License 392 Thomas (Rev) Clerk 1722 Marriage 33(?) Sarah and Richard Shuckburg 1783 Licensee 95 William H.M.S. "Rinnon" Bachelor 1664 Marriage 33 William and Susannah Roads 1786 Marriage 250(?) William (Alias Thompson) and Mary Pullard 1664 Marriage 32(?) William and Elizabeth Nowland 1783 Marriage 50 BATTY- Espine and Amelia Belton 1785 Marriage 187 Lydia and Joseph Dryer 1781 Marriage 383(?) BEATE- Alice and Thomas Lidford 1760 Marriage 196(?) BEATAGH- Henry Dublin gentleman 1691 Licensee 95 Patrick (Alias Malone) Porterstowne 1645 License 50 BEATTY- Ann and John Smyth 1776 Marriage 54 Edward (Rev) Ann Mothers 1783 Marriage 107 Elizabeth (Beaty) and Thomas Daly 1790 Marriage 104 Elizabeth (Beaty) and John King 1774 Marriage 191 Elinor and George Nixon 1774 Marriage 154 John and Clarrisa Carrol 1796 Marriage 170 (?) Hariet (Beaty) and Michael Woods 1764 Marriage unreadable Jane and Thomas Hershall 1781 Marriage 369 John and Mary M'Cally 1797 ----- 285 John and Isabella Turvey 1777 Marriage 109 Luke and Mary Reynolds 1792 Marriage 272 Unreadable ------ ------------- ------ Unreadable ------- ------------- ------ Richard (Beaty) and Elizabeth Fearson 1765 Marriage 75 Sarah and William Whitehead 1771 Marriage 702 Thomas and Mary Codd 1793 Marriage 359 Thomas (Beaty) and Ann Shepperd 1731(?) Marriage 349(?) William and Mary Parsons 1707(?) Marriage 315(?) William and Mary Sulivan 1793(?) Marriage 211(?) BETAGH- Ann and John Bernard Hoffschleger 1719 Marriage Bond ---- Henry Dublin Surgeon(?) 1753 Will 365 Margaret and Thomas Downes 1742(?) Marriage Bond ----- Patrick Church-street Dublin 1765 Will 55 BETTY- Archibald and Elinor Dunn 1749 Marriage 32 George Rinspend Sailor 1671 Cav (?) 149 Leonora and Mark White 1793 Marriage 216