25.07.2016
Revised and Updated List of Parish Registers to be Launched Next Week
The RCB Library and the Irish Genealogical Research Society will officially re–launch the online List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers next week. The collaborative project has taken place over a number of months and has seen the extensive revision and updating of the list. The re–launch will be celebrated with a reception in St Audoen’s Church Centre, Cornmarket, Dublin, on Wednesday August 3 at 6.00 pm.
The List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers: A Colour–coded Resource of What Survives; Where it is; & with Additional Information of Copies, Transcripts and Online Indexes now includes live links to parish register sources – copies, transcripts and indexes –available online as well as the location and extent of original registers in the library and in local custody.
The event to re–launch the list is tied in with the RCB Library’s next Archive of the Month, which will go live at 6pm on August 3. The important role played by Church of Ireland clergy in creating and keeping records safe in local custody will be highlighted.
The re–launch will be performed by John McDonough, Director of the National Archives of Ireland.