Saturday 22 October 2016

Some Interesting Registers Held by GRO in Roscommon......

In 2004 Birth Death and Marriage Records in Ireland were all scanned onto a national computer system for access at any local Civil Registraion Office.

However there are some Registers that were not scanned on and they are held at The General Register Office, (Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora), located at Government Offices, Convent Road, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon. 

In addition to the records maintained at the Family Research Facility in the Werburgh Street, Dublin 2 indexes to the following Registers of life events are maintained solely at Roscommon.

These include:
  • Births at Sea of children, one of whose parents was born on the island of Ireland between 1st January, 1864 and 31st December, 1921. Births at Sea of Children, one of whose parents was born in Ireland after 1921.
  • Deaths at Sea of persons born on the island of Ireland between 1st January, 1864 and 31st December, 1921 and of persons born in Ireland after 1921.
  • Births of children of Irish parents, certified by British Consuls abroad, between 1st January, 1864 and 31st December, 1921.
  • Deaths of Irish-born persons, certified by British Consuls abroad, between 1st January, 1864 and 31st December, 1921.
  • Marriages celebrated in Dublin by the late Rev. J F G Schulze, Minister of the German Protestant Church, Poolbeg Street , Dublin , from 1806 to 1837 inclusive.
  • Births, Deaths and Marriages registered pursuant to the provisions of the (Army) Act, 1879.
  • Births and Deaths registered pursuant to the provisions of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1960.
  • Certain births and deaths occurring outside the State (Pursuant to the provisions of The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1972, Sec. 4).
  • Certain Lourdes Marriages (Pursuant to the provisions of the Marriages Act, 1972, Sec.2).
  • Stillbirths registered in Ireland from 1st January 1995 (certified copies available to parents only).
  • Deaths of Irish officers and enlisted persons killed in action or who died while serving abroad in The Great War (WW1) 1914 - 1919.
  • Death returns relating to the South African War (1899 – 1902) in so far as they relate to Irish subjects.

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