Before 1922 Ireland was all one country so Pre 1921 BDM records for all Ireland are held at the General Record Office in Roscommon. Records after 1921 are split.between the two offices. The record office in belfast has been given copies of the pre 1921 records relating to what are the six counties of Northern Ireland. (Down, Antrim, Armagh, Tyrone. Londonderry, Fermanagh). I hope this helps to clarify things a little. There are a few complications with marriage records but basically this is it. Births are kept from 1864, non Church of Ireland marriage records from 1864 and Church of Ireland marriage records from 1845. The General Record office in the Republic of Ireland can be contacted as follows General Register Office, Government Offices, Convent Road, Roscommon. Tel: +353 (0) 90 6632900 LoCall: 1890 252076 Fax: +353 (0) 90 6632999 Fax: +353 (0) 90 6632988 http://www.groireland.ie/about_us.htm The General Record Office in Northern Ireland can be contacted as follows Oxford House 49/55 Chichester Street Belfast BT1 4HL Telephone No:- 028 90 252000 Email for Birth, Death, Marriage Certificate Queries: gro.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk Email for Marriage, Re-registration and Adoptions: groreg.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk Email for Statistics Queries: grostats.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk http://www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm Hope this helps people who are having problems with our strange system Ella ________________________________________ From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Roxanne Neel [roxanne4mastiffs@verizon.net] Sent: 12 February 2008 17:18 To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Going to Ireland Hi Ella ~ So there is a GRONI and a GROIreland? Not being from the area certainly has its disadvantages. I have received several marriage and/or death records from GRO Ireland for family in County Down - I hope they are accurate! Thanks for setting me straight. Roxanne Neel California, USA Ella Patterson wrote: >You will need to look at the website > >http://www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm > >to get details for the Northern Ireland General Register office. It is in the Centre of Belfast and easily accessible. If you want to spend a half day using indexes or have a search (both have a charge) it is a good idea to book in advance via the web site as they can get quite busy and are primarily a Government Office rather than a genealogical centre >Ella > >Ella Patterson >Cataloguer >Cataloguing Department >Main Library >Resources Management Division >The Queen's University of Belfast >University Square >Belfast >BT7 1LS >Northern Ireland > >Tele: +44 28 90973639 >Email: e.patterson@qub.ac.uk > > >-----Original Message----- >From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Roxanne Neel >Sent: 12 February 2008 16:16 >To: nir-down@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Going to Ireland > >The address I have for the General Register Office is Convent Road, >Roscommon, Co. Roscommon, Tel: (090)663-2900, LoCall: 1890 252076, >website: www.groireland.ie. This information was included when they >sent me records. >Best Wishes! >Roxanne > > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message