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Sarah Lanthier
Sarah Lanthier ✭
March 4, 2023 edited July 27, 2024 in Search

I can view copies of Irish Parish registers on https://registers.nli.ie/ but I would like to know if they have been entered into a searchable and more legible database. If so, where would the results be viewable?. Are they cross referenced with any of the various existing collections?

I would be happy to help with this effort if it is planned or in the works.

Sarah

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 4, 2023 edited March 4, 2023

    They have been digitized and indexed and searchable on both FindMyPast.com and Ancestry.com. On FindMyPast.com, they are completely free to search, view, and download. Ancestry and FindMyPast shared the work of creating the index, meaning the same index is present on both websites - errors, warts, and all. Corrections to each website are handled separately, meaning as they change, they will no longer be exactly the same

    They are currently being indexed anew by FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/my-indexing

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    In fact, you will find multiple threads in this Community of folks complaining that Ireland is monopolizing the indexing.

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  • genthusiast
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    March 4, 2023 edited March 4, 2023

    On FamilySearch you can view all Ireland indexed records here:

    https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list?ec=region%3AIreland%2CplaceId%3A1927084%2Cregion%3AUnited+Kingdom+and+Ireland&fcs=placeId%3A1927084&count=100

    The parent page:

    https://www.familysearch.org/search/location/united-kingdom-and-ireland/ireland

    shows the indexing projects Aine's image refers to. I am not seeing any image only records listed - so either they are indexed already and searchable (I have seen search results - but I think those do refer to the FindMyPast index) - or they are in process of indexing. Thanks NLI for allowing indexing!

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 5, 2023

    @Sarah Lanthier Apparently I was not sufficiently clear. No subscription is required to view these records on FindMyPast.com. Simply sign up for a free account, and you can search by name/location, view, and download the full series of records.

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  • Sarah Lanthier
    Sarah Lanthier ✭
    March 5, 2023 edited March 5, 2023

    Hi Aine,

    There is a 14 day free trial only, available.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 5, 2023 edited March 5, 2023

    You do not have to subscribe. Simply sign up for a free account.

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  • Sarah Lanthier
    Sarah Lanthier ✭
    March 5, 2023

    I paid them $129 two years ago and they won't allow me a free subscription now....

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 5, 2023

    It is not a subscription. It is a free account. You can even sign in with your old, expired, account and access the Irish parish registers.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 5, 2023 edited March 5, 2023

    I logged in with an expired account. You can see I have no subscription.

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    I searched for my 2nd GGF's record, in County Louth:

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    And viewed his record:

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  • Sarah Lanthier
    Sarah Lanthier ✭
    March 5, 2023 edited March 5, 2023

    It won't allow me to look at Prison records. Keeps popping up with options to subscribe to three different levels

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  • Sarah Lanthier
    Sarah Lanthier ✭
    March 5, 2023 edited March 5, 2023

    Sorry. Here's a better screenshot.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 5, 2023 edited March 5, 2023

    Again, you do not need to subscribe. Just sign in with a free - even old expired - account to view the Catholic Parish records.

    I never said anything about being able to view prison records.

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