Church of Ireland - Anglican Records Project

St Luran, (Derryloran) Cookstown 

(one of the parishes currently available)

Baptism, marriage and burial registers of the Church of Ireland are being made available in digital format on the church's website. While only a handful of parishes are fully transcribed, the number is growing steadily. The records are in searchable PDF book format (not images of the actual registers), and each parish includes a table that lists churches individually, along with the years covered. 

 To see the list of parishes currently available, go to Church of Ireland - Anglican Records Project. Also check out "Genealogy" under [Pages of Interest] on the Welcome page to read Church of Ireland research policies, and to learn more about records destroyed in the 1922 fire at the Public Record Office, as well as records that might be effective replacements for burned records. 

Contact information and details about how to request information through local clergy are also provided.

Three kinds of collections at FamilySearch.org

There are three kinds of Historical Record Collections at FamilySearch.org:

• Index with image 
• Index only 
• Image only

Collections with images have a camera icon to the left of the collection title. Indexed collections have a number in the column titled "Records." Image only collections say "Browse images" in the column titled "Records."

Key pieces of information like names, dates, and places are usually indexed – just enough information to help you find the record. When you discover a record for your ancestor, be sure to look at the actual image. It will likely contain more information than what is available in the index.

If the index listing shows that the image is "Not available" but does provide a film number, you can request the image from FamilySearch using a Photoduplication Request. The process is easy and it's free. 

To see the list of collections, go to FamilySearch.org and click on [Search] and then [Records].  Scroll down to find the link to "Browse All Published Collections".  New collections are added every few days, so check back often.

Going Digital

Recent floods, tornadoes, earthquakes and other disasters remind us that documents and photos are fragile and often irreplaceable. There are several ways to protect your family’s precious history. Photos and important documents can be scanned easily and inexpensively. Family details (names, dates, places) can be entered into PAF or other genealogy software. Copies can then be shared digitally via CD or DVD, thumb drive, e-mail, or web page.

There are at least two good reasons to enter your family information into genealogy software, and to scan documents and photos. The first is that it is much easier to share information with others if it is in digital form. (How many descendants can have the original of great grandpa’s immigration papers?) The second reason is that if disaster strikes, you can view and print copies of documents and photos that have been lost or destroyed.

Digital copies don’t hold quite the same nostalgia as the original. But every descendant’s life can be blessed by seeing the faces and reading the stories of our ancestors’ lives – if we will protect them and share them!