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Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 223 Send Message	Jean	Report	9 Mar 2009 23:41
	Thanks for all the replies. I will follow them through. Don't know what i would have done without this site. You are all GREAT> Thanks again. Cheers Jean
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	8 Mar 2009 22:44
	http://www.from-ireland.net/gene/civilregistration.htm Compulsory civil registration of non-Roman Catholic marriages began on April 1st, 1845. The registration of births, deaths and all marriages commenced on January 1st, 1864.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	8 Mar 2009 14:28
	Irish civil registrations did not start until 1845. Have you tried familysearch?
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 5,644 Send Message	KeithInFujairah	Report	8 Mar 2009 14:28
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 5,644 Send Message	The birth index for Ireland is now available on the pilot of Familysearch. You may find him on there.
Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 223 Send Message	Jean	Report	8 Mar 2009 14:09
	Trying to trace Thomas Holmes birth cert. He was born in Dublin around 1843, according to the census. Does anybody know how I can trace his family in Ireland at that particular time.