NEW RECORDS FOR COUNTY WICKLOW

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New records for County Wicklow We are delighted to announce that Wicklow genealogy centre have added over 34,000 burial records to their database at www.rootsireland.ie/wicklow. Most are Church of Ireland but three are Roman Catholic parishes. These records are as follows: Parish Years Aghold Church of Ireland 1700-1900 Ballinaclash Church of Ireland 1842-1902 Ballymore Eustace Church of Ireland 1832-1879 Ballynure Church of Ireland 1888-1899 Baltinglass Roman Catholic 1824-1830 Blessington Church of Ireland 1813-1900 Bray Church of Ireland 1663-1900 Carnew Church of Ireland 1806-1900 Carnew Roman Catholic 1847-1893 Castlemacadam Church of Ireland 1719-1889 Clonmore Church of Ireland 1882-1926 Crosspatrick Church of Ireland 1814-1900 Delgany Church of Ireland 1665-1899 Derrylossary Church of Ireland 1878-1900 Donaghmore Church of Ireland 1720-1898 Dunganstown Church of Ireland 1783-1903 Dunlavin Church of Ireland 1668-1890 Glenealy Church of Ireland 1825-1884 Hacketstown Church of Ireland 1878-1900 Kilbride Church of Ireland 1827-1898 Kilbride-Eneriley Church of Ireland 1852-1898 Kilcommon Church of Ireland 1802-1900 Killiskey Church of Ireland 1824-1877 Kilpipe Church of Ireland 1833-1903 Kiltegan Church of Ireland 1879-1900 Moyne Church of Ireland 1879-1900 Mullinacuffe Church of Ireland 1836-1909 Newcastle Church of Ireland 1659-1898 Powerscourt Church of Ireland 1668-1890 Preban Church of Ireland 1829-1899 Rathdrum Church of Ireland 1702-1899 Rathvilly Church of Ireland 1700-1900 Rathvilly Roman Catholic 1861-1889 Redcross Church of Ireland 1879-1900 Shillelagh Church of Ireland 1835-1889 Stratford Church of Ireland 1804-1898 Tullow Church of Ireland 1700-1900 Wicklow Church of Ireland 1713-1900 For a full list of sources for Co. Wicklow please click here  To search these records, go to rootsireland.ie/wicklow Please Login and Subscribe if required. Yours Sincerely rootsireland.ie

NEW COUNTY ARMAGH RECORDS

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New County Armagh Records We are delighted to announce the addition of over 41,000 baptismal, marriage, death and headstone inscription records from County Armagh to the Roots Ireland database at www.rootsireland.ie/armagh. These records are as follows:  Church of Ireland Parish Births Marriages Deaths Annaghmore Church of Ireland 1856-1864 1867-1871 Armagh Church of Ireland 1823-1827 Camlough Church of Ireland 1832-1872 1835-1845 1833-1871 Charlemont Church of Ireland 1828-1830 Creggan Church of Ireland 1808-1924 1808-1839 1808-1917 Derrynoose Church of Ireland 1710-1870 1712-1845 Drumbanagher Church of Ireland 1838-1885 1839-1844 1841-1910 Eglish Church of Ireland 1803-1865 Grange Church of Ireland 1780-1871 1780-1845 1783-1852 Keady Church of Ireland 1780-1864 1780-1845 1825-1872 Killylea Church of Ireland 1845-1865 Kilmore Church of Ireland 1799-1845 Knocknamuckly Church of Ireland 1854-1866 1838-1845 Loughgall Church of Ireland 1779-1864 1779-1845 1779-1839 Milltown Church of Ireland 1840-1864 1840-1845 1845-1889 Montiaghs (Ardmore) Church of Ireland 1823-1845 Mullaglass St Luke Church of Ireland 1852-1866 1853-1865 Portadown (St Mark's) Church of Ireland 1858-1864 1827-1845 Presbyterian Parish Births Marriages Deaths Ahorey Presbyterian 1834-1841 Bessbrook Presbyterian 1854-1914 Keady 2nd Presbyterian 1855-1864 Lurgan 1st Presbyterian 1770-1866 Markethill 2nd Presbyterian 1821-1845 Newtownhamilton 2nd Presbyterian 1823-1863 1823-1844 Poyntzpass Presbyterian 1850-1937 Tassagh Presbyterian 1843-1870 Tyrone Ditches Presbyterian 1825-1829 Vinecash Presbyterian 1838-1845 Miscellaneous Presbyterian 1819-1829 Society of Friends / Quaker Parish Births Marriages Burials Grange/Charlemont 1868-1923 1689-1823 Lurgan 1715-1811 1671-1764 County Armagh Headstone Inscriptions  Parish Graveyard Name Denomination Earliest Date Latest Date Armagh Sandy Hill RC, Armagh Roman Catholic 1817 1972 Ballymore Crewmore Presbyterian Presbyterian 1812 2002 Forkhill Forkhill COI Church of Ireland 1787 1990 Jonesborough Sacred Heart RC Jonesborough Roman Catholic 1921 1989 Jonesborough Jonesborough COI Church of Ireland 1815 1988 Kildarton Kildarton Church of Ireland 1843 1989 Kildarton Drumminis Presbyterian 1857 1986 Killevy Drumbanagher 1st Presbyterian 1851 2013 Killevy Mullaghglass (Old) Church of Ireland 1754 1981 Killevy Jerrettspass 1st Presbyterian 1812 1979 Kilmore Monies Methodist/Presbyterian 1835 1993 Kilmore Richhill Presbyterian 1838 1988 Kilmore Richhill Quaker 1817 1989 Loughgall St Patrick's RC, Loughgall Roman Catholic 1813 1988 Loughgall Cloveneden Presbyterian Presbyterian 1735 1990 Loughgall St Peter's Collegeland Roman Catholic 1863 1990 Loughgall Loughgall COI Interdenominational 1706 1990 Loughgilly Belleek Church of Ireland 1824 1992 Loughgilly Loughgilly Church of Ireland 1756 2005 For a full list of sources for County Armagh please click here  To search these records, go to armagh.rootsireland.ie. Please Login and Subscribe if required. Brought to you by the Irish Family History Foundation

ARMAGH DIOCESE MARRIAGE LICENCE BONDS 1727 - 1845 NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

Armagh Diocese Marriage Licence Bonds 1727 - 1845 From its creation as the Established Church in the second half of the 16th century up to the Court of Probate Act of 1857, the Church of Ireland was responsible for legally administering some aspects of vital life events such as registering marriage bonds and licences for those people who did not want to marry by banns. These were usually registered, but mot always, in the diocese of the bride's local parish.  Marriage Licence Bonds were an alternative to marriage banns. Both were designed to prevent clandestine marriages. Banns were read in both the bride's and groom's parish on three consecutive Sundays to allow anyone knowing a reason that the marriage should not go ahead to come forward. Marriage licence bonds worked slightly differently. They allowed a couple to go to court and pay a sum to sign a witnessed declaration that the marriage was free to go ahead. Before 1858 marriage licence bonds were exclusively handled by the ecclesiastical courts of the Church of Ireland. These new additions to armagh.rootsireland.ie are the indexes of marriage licence bonds taken through diocesan and prerogative courts across Ireland. Copies were kept by the Public Records Office but many were destroyed in the explosion during the Irish Civil War in 1922. These bonds may offer a rare opportunity to find your Irish ancestors before the 19th century. Dating back as far as 1727 they are an invaluable resource for many family historians. Each record contains a transcript of the original register. The amount of information varies, but you can find out the following about your County Armagh ancestor: Name, Name of spouse, Year of marriage. This is an ongoing computerisation project and we have released the records for the surnames beginning with the letters from A-L. These will contain many other marriages for surnames beginning with letters between M-Z if they married someone who surname began with the letters from A-L. Most marriage bonds will appear twice in our records as they were recorded by both married parties surnames. We hope to complete the outstanding records in the near future; however, we offer a manual search service for these non computerised records for a nominal fee and full details can be obtained contacting Armagh.Ancestry@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk For a full list of sources for County Armagh please click here Yours Sincerely rootsireland.ie Brought to you by the Irish Family History Foundation