The marriage certificates for the 1830's in County Mayo Ireland what did they have for info?
Were the Mother & Father's names of the couple put on the certificate , and the witness's?
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Hi @JudyStreet
Marriage records for Ireland in that time are church records - generally a simple register with the names of the groom and bride and the names of their witnesses.
Beginning in 1845 for non-Catholics and in 1864 for Catholics, civil registration of marriages was implemented. The name of the father, but not the mother, is on those records.
Roman Catholic registers are online on several sites, free. A program to digitize the Church of Ireland registers is underway, and there are some indexes online.
You can see a sample page from County Mayo in the 1830s https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634631#page/176/mode/1up
Note that this register is better than many from that time. Often the records are in plain ledger books with no headings.
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Thank you very much but the sticky point is that they were Methodist's not Catholic. There was at that time a large group of Methodist's in Killala . A friend went over there in 2011 and got the info of the marriage from the:
Church Body Library (RCBL), Dublin Ireland July 2011 PArish Register, Crossmoline Union Killala .
I don't know the names of the parent's so that is why I wanted the witness's and the parent's names. THANKS SO MUCH for your answer.
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The results will be much the same for Methodist records. It's unlikely that the names of parents will appear on the record. The names of witnesses should be there, and witnesses are often close relatives of the couple.
The list of existing parish registers is available on the RCB website: https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/list-of-parish-registers And transcriptions may be found, for a fee, on https://www.rootsireland.ie/
Info here about the digitization of those registers. https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/genealogy When the digitization is complete, those details are due to be hosted on the Irish government website. https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ I have heard 2022 for an estimate of when those will be available to researchers, but I don't know if that is still accurate.
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Thank you , very much I will search these items you have spoken about.........Judy
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Hi Judy. Just looking through the old questions and came across yours.
Another suggestion would be to look at the register for siblings/common surname; this can be very productive. Also are there any deaths on the register? That can help too.
Griffiths valuation circa 1860. If you know where the family lived Griffiths can be a really useful tool for finding ancestral homes. I have used it personally for this. It does have limitations but it can be very helpful.
This is a great article explaining the valuation & its uses.
David
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It's July 11,2022 and I'm in here scanning and see your answer to me David . My probable is my Scott family came over to Quebec Canada in the 1820's . ALL the info is from 1860 on forward. So,I think through all my looking I'm not going to find anything. My search is for any one that is in the surname of Scott, Carroll, Baird. In County Mayo from 1760-1840. I guess that is a tall order but I'm inerest in hearing any info about these surnames. Judy
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There is a further database - the tithe applotment that was taken around 1820 .Again it only lists the head or leaseholder but it can be very useful in pushing back the family. Its like stepping stones (or can be)
Census 1901
Civil records 1845/1864
Church records1800ish - 1922
Griffiths 1860
Tithe Applotment 1820
Its a bit tedious but we're all in the same boat. There is a lot of research to do but I have managed with Tithe Applotment & estate records to follow my wife's family from 1900 back to about 1821 (tithe Applotment). It gets a bit harder after that. But don't give up- keep trying and trying- also there's the reconstruction of the records office in Dublin. We're all still getting to grips with that. But worth checking out.
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