Six million Irish Catholic parish register entries 17401900 became available on FamilySearch in April. Events covered include baptisms, marriages, burials, funerals, confirmations and dispensations (exemptions from canon law – such as a marriage being absolved). The original records are held at The National Library of Ireland (NLI) – and are available as unindexed digital microfilm.
Tip! Explore the index on FamilySearch www. familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100, and find the digitised images on the NLI registers’ site https://registers. nli.ie/. The collection is also available on Findmypast https://tinyurl.com/34b7xbp3