A new and improved set of Irish
civil registration indexes has been launched on IrishGenealogy, the state-run website best known for
its church records microsite. These free indexes differ from those currently
available via FamilySearch, Ancestry and findmypast by including births,
marriages, and deaths right up to 2013 - as well as a certain amount of
additional detail to aid identification.
"The
Births Index, which dates from 1864, includes the mother's maiden surname from
1900. Additionally, the actual date of birth is included from 1900 to 1927 and
from 1966 to current. The Marriages index, which dates from 1845 for non-Catholic
marriages and from 1864 for all marriages, includes the names of both bride and
groom for all marriages from 1913, and for some marriages from 1900 to 1912.
The Deaths Index, which starts in 1864, includes the age at death from 1924 and
the marital status of the deceased from 1966.
"As
with the pre-existing online database, the new GRO Indexes cover the entire
island up to and including 1921. Thereafter, it includes only those events
registered in the Irish Free State/Republic of Ireland.
Almost all of the STERRY events listed in these new enhanced indexes relate to one Dublin family descended from John Edmund Bagge Sterry [1889-1965] and Mary Margaret Felton. John Edmund Bagge Sterry and his descendants can be found on the Southwold, Suffolk, UK Sterry tree.
Details on this Dublin Sterry family can also be found on the My Heritage website on the well researched Dolan-Haugh Family Tree. You need to sign up [for free] and login to view.
