Contact the General Register Office of Ireland and the General Register Office for Northern Ireland to obtain copies of birth, marriage and death certificates.

Are marriage records public in Ireland?

Birth, marriage, adoption, civil partnership and death certificates are public records, meaning anybody can access or apply for them. There are different types of certificate available from the General Register Office. This is a certified copy of an entry in the register.

How do I find marriage records in Ireland?

Transcripts (and some digitised images) of Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland parochial registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, for the pre-1900 period, are available free of charge on This site is hosted by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

How do I find birth records in Ireland?

Welcome to The website is home to the on-line historic Indexes of the Civil Registers (GRO) of Births, Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Deaths and to Church Records of Baptism, Marriage and Burial from a number of counties.

Where can I find records of births and deaths in Northern Ireland?

General Register Office for Northern Ireland. The General Register Office for Northern Ireland stores records of births, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships, stillbirths and adoptions in Northern Ireland. General Register Office for Northern Ireland. NISRA.

How old are the marriage records in Northern Ireland?

The records date back to the introduction of Ireland’s civil registration system in April 1845 (for non-Catholic marriages only) and January 1864 (for births, deaths and Roman Catholic marriages). Click to download an enlarged view of this infographic which summarises the major options for accessing Northern Irish civil registration records.

When was marriage recorded in the Irish Church?

For the period before the commencement of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in 1864, church records provide the only record of most births, marriages and deaths in the form of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Jewish marriages have been civilly registered since 1845.

Where can I find records of baptisms and marriages in Ireland?

Records of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland comprise registers of baptisms and marriages. Many are held by the Presbyterian Historical Society in Belfast. Most Ulster Presbyterian records have been microfilmed by PRONI.