Just to add to what Ella said, it also states their age at the time if the marriage and their occupation and any witnesses to the marriage which in some cases includes the parents. launie Ella Patterson wrote: > > Irish marriage records do not give a lot of info. They > generally give the names of the bride and groom and their > father's names. They give the name of the place where they > were living at the time of the marriage, the date of the > marriage and where it took place. it also says if the bride > and groom were spinster and batchelor or previously married > at the time of the marriage and that is it. it takes about > 3-4 months now for one to come from Dublin > Hope this is of some use > Ella > On Tue, 01 Jun 1999 22:01:10 +0000 "Joan M. Hill" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I came across these indexes in the LDS catalog. Protestant marriages > > were recorded by civil authorities in Ireland starting in 1845. I am > > hoping to get a lead on siblings of my immigrant who came to NYC about > > 1841, and perhaps his town of origin (I already know the county) It > > seems to me the index is just as good a way as the Griffith Valuation > > for helping to focus surname research. Has anyone else tried this? > > I have just ordered the first actual marriage record. Does anyone > > know what kind of information these marriage records had? > > Joan > > > > ---------------------- > Ella Patterson > Cataloguing Department > Main Library > The Queen's University of Belfast > Belfast > Northern reland > BT7 1LS > > Telephone: (01232) 273639 > > FAX: (01232) 323340 > > E-MAIL: [email protected]