Marriage
| Document | Type | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marriage | Photocopy / Scan | €50.00 | Order Offline | Order Online |
Marriage Record
A system of civil registration of non-Roman Catholic marriages began in Ireland in April 1845. The system was extended to include all marriages in 1864. We can search for your ancestor's marriage record in the General Register Office in Dublin.
An Irish Marriage record provides the following details on the event and the parties involved:
- The date of the marriage
- The name and location of the Church, Chapel or Cathedral where the marriage took place together with the details of the officiating clergyman.
- The names and ages of the bride and groom and an indication as to whether they had previously been married.
- The occupations of the bride and groom and their respective places of residence at the time of the marriage.
- The names of the fathers of the bride and groom, and the occupation of each gentleman
- The names of the witnesses to the marriage.
Additional Information and Advice
Irish Marriage records can be found in the General Register Office (GRO) which is located in Dublin. An annual index is available in the GRO which allows us to search for a particular marriage record on the basis of information you can supply. The index includes the name of each individual married and the District in which the marriage took place. Cross referencing entries for two individuals can allow for identification of the correct marriage entry. Once a relevant entry has been located the full record of the marriage can be taken up.
The early State marriage records neglected to list the names of the mothers of the bride and groom. A search of church marriage records can sometimes reveal this detail.
The church record also sometimes provides the addresses of the parents of the married couple. Newspaper marriage notices can also reveal this detail (although only relatively affluent families tended to take out such notices in the 1800's and early 1900's).
A combination of State and Church marriage records can thus provide a route to advance a search to the next generation by providing the names of the married parties' parents, allowing the location of their State birth or (if pre-1864) Church baptismal records.
