Does anyone know if there is similar information available for a church in Co. Armagh? I need to find my ancestor's marriage in 1840 in Clare Presbyterian Church in Co. Armagh. Many thanks, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meg Greenwood" <scotquester@bartnet.net> To: "Declan Barron" <newparkhouse.ennis@eircom.net>; <irl-cavan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 11:26 PM Subject: [IRL-CAVAN] 1864 Marriage, Farrelly & Clarke Registration data > Babara - The FHC were I volunteer as a non-churchmember has both the > INDEX series of films and some of the actual REGISTRATION film. They > happen to have the right films for this Registration ! > > 1864 Marriage, volume 2 page 553 > > The film for Volume 2 shows this entry on page 553, its the same > document you'd get if you ordered from the GRO in Roscommon : > > 1864 Marriages solemnized at the Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Ann's > Bailieboro in the Registrar's district of Bailieboro in the Union of > Bailieboro in the County of Cavan. Entry #9, 9th February, 1864. John > Farelly, Full Age, Young Man, Farmer Residing Corlea son of John > Farelly, Farmer. Bridget Clarke, Full Age, a Spinster, Servant residing > Crossmakulen? daughter of Michael Clarke, Farmer. Married in the Roman > Catholic Chapel of St. Ann's Bailieboro according to the Rites and > Ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church by me, Frances O'Reilly, P.P. > This Marriage was Solemnized between us, [names and their Marks] in the > Presence of John Connell and Judith Lynch. > > Reply to me if you wish a photocopy of this entry in Volume 2, 1864 > Marriages, Ireland. Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma USA > ====================== > >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CAVAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Karen - Diane is right. Civil Registration with all this information on bride and groom began in 1864 for Births, Marriages and Deaths. However, if you were Protestant in 1845 [the official church of Ireland at the time] Marriages [not births or deaths] were mandated to be officially Registered beginning 1845 and used pretty much the same format as seen in the FARRELLY entry posted earlier. Under the column saying 'Condition' the clerk wrote "Young Man" when he should have written "Bachelor". This was still a fairly new procedure as of 1 Jan, 1864, the entry I posted was Feb 9, so he had still not been told what should be written in that column. He got the bride right, she was a "Spinster", someone who was not married. The best you'll find in 1840 is a line entry in a Marriage or Banns book. Armagh county has some Marriage / Banns books filmed by the LDS church but you must know the religion, it helps greatly to know the specific church and a date or range of years to search through. Each church kept its own books and only some have been filmed. MegG ======================