Hi Meg, I wound much appreciat help with this, I have put it of too long because of the difficulty finding info. My GGgrandfather Edward FINNEGAN, born abt 1864, CO CAVAN, sometimes he spelt it FINIGAN which was common back then, we are told by a cousin that Edward said his parents where Patrick & Ellen FINNEGAN on his marriage certificate, we haven't seen it family are secretive. He married 1900 in St Marys Belfast to a Mary Catherine MOLONEY, Edward died in Australia age 66 in 1919. An help is very much appreciated Kath Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meg Greenwood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 2:49 AM Subject: [IRL-CAVAN] Registration INDEX films for Ireland > Have noticed this thread and may be of some assistance. The FHC nearest > me has the INDEX films for births, marriages and deaths in Ireland from > 1864-1958. Some gaps here and there but most films are here for most of > Ireland [not Northern I. after 1922]. These are the same films it was > suggested you rent. > > If Cathy or anyone else wishes me to check the INDEX films for the > Registration data [year, name, surname, district of registration, > volume, page # and nothing else, no parents, no residence, no ages > except for deaths], you will need to send me a NAME, a SURNAME, a YEAR > and an expected PARISH or DISTRICT. At least a COUNTY. The > Registration districts for Cavan are Baillieborough, Bawnboy, Cavan, > Coothill, Enniskillen, Granard, Kells and Oldcastle. Am told they are > generally the same as the Poor Law Unions. > > I can't do a lookup without a YEAR to begin the search. The films are > constructed year by year, not surname. Beginning 1864 as the books > closed on Dec 31, all the names were gathered at the Registrar's offices > and sent in for publication in full years worth of names for the entire > country of Ireland that were Registered. Beginning 1878, the names were > sent in by quarter years [3m spans] so there are 4 quarters of names per > year. Each quarter year's books are alphabetized by surname just like > the full years before [meaning its 4 times the work to look up names]. > The INDEX covers all counties in Ireland. > > One bonus is for Church of Ireland is that marriages were recorded for > that faith beginning 1845. It was the official religion for Ireland, so > only those marriages were required to be recorded. Quaker, U.P., Roman > Catholic and all others were not officially recorded, they were in books > kept at the local church. Only a few of these books were filmed. 1864 > marked the beginning of mandatory Civil Registration meaning all births, > marriages and deaths were by law recorded at the local Registration > Office. > > To find out if any of your parish of interest's records were filmed, go > here and select KEYWORD SEARCH. Enter the word PAROCHIAL IRELAND to > see if its records were filmed. There will be 462 returns. You could > enter the parish name with it...but spelling must be exact which is a > problem. Just scroll through the returns and you'll see all the films > the FHC's have for Roman Catholic births, etc in Ireland. > > The FHC in my city is 8 minutes from my house, I work there as a > non-churchmember on Wednesday evenings. The building has been closed 2 > weeks for remodeling, it just opened up this past week, construction > debris is still everywhere but we are open. I enjoy doing lookups but > please send me as much information as you can [not a GEDCOM] and > understand that without a year or brief span of years, I'll not be able > to find what you seek. If you are asking about a very common surname > [MURPHY, O'CONNER, O'DONNELL], I'll be happy to send 'your' Patrick or > Mary....along with dozens of others and let you scratch your head]. > > Won't do any lookups on the GAUGHRAN and COLLINS one until I hear > details of what is needed......Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma USA > >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.0.0/751 - Release Date: 7/04/2007 > 10:57 PM >