Excerpt from an article in a magazine under " Church Records" "No matter what an ancestor's religion, do not overlook the records of the Church of Ireland. It was common for Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Congregationalists, and Quakers to be buried in Church of Ireland cemeteries until the Burial Act of 1868. Until the general emancipation of Catholics in 1829, many Catholics were also buried in Church of Ireland graveyards. Some of these cemeteries had their own Catholic section. Prior to 1782, marriages that were not performed by a Church of Ireland minister were illegal. So if a Catholic or Presbyterian family had any real-estate, they may have had a Church of Ireland marriage ceremony to make the union legal and preserve their property rights. In the 18th century, it was common to find baptisms of Protestant dissenters in Church of Ireland registers.

----- Original Message ----- From: "William J Flanagan" <williamjflanagan@cox.net> To: <FERMANAGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:48 PM Subject: [FERMANAGH] Looking in Graveyards Very important to Irish researchers and it is this which makes things complicated for those not in the know. Thanks for your posting. Heather