Registration of non-Catholic marriages began in 1845 in Ireland. Registration of births, marriages and deaths, regardless of religion, began January 1, 1864. Certificates for births, marriages and deaths for all of Ireland until 1922 and for the Republic since 1922 are housed in Dublin. Belfast has the records for Northern Ireland from 1922 to present in addition to the all Ireland records from 1864-1922. Civil registration of births, deaths and marriages in Ireland names the townland that is the address in rural Ireland. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Mormons, has copies of almost all of the General Register Office indices and some registers, making direct access to both registers and indices possible through the local Family History Centers. Louth County Library, Roden Place, Dundalk, Co. Louth Ireland has the index to parish sacramental registers. I suggest an e-mail to [email protected] When you know the townland, you can search the 1901 and 1911 Census of Ireland for the same place where he had lived. Ellen [email protected] wrote: >I am looking for information on my great grandfather (William Alexander) >Smartt (Smart) and my great-great grandparents John Smart and Margaret Anne >Prott. > >William A. Smart (later Smartt, somehow an extra 't' was added) b. 8/22/1876 >-Old Bridge, Meath, Ireland . Arrived in USA 1894. d. 8/30/59. He had 10 >children: Arthur, Charles, William George, Edith, Nellie, Florence, >Catherine, Isabella, Ira, Edward. > >I have a copy of his birth certificate which shows John Smart and Margaret >Anne Prott as parents. Birth was registered in the district of Saint Mary's >in the Superintendent Registrar's District of Drogheda in the County of >Meath. > >I've been told that William had a sister who also came to the US and >eventually married and moved to Canada. > >I haven't been able to find out any information on either of them. Can >anyone help or point me in the right direction? > >Thanx for your help in advance. > > >Kate Sandoval > >"I used to waste my time, now I golf" > > >==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== >** SHAMROCK ROOTS homepage http://community.webtv.net/shamrockroots/SHAMROCKROOTS > > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/