Friday 5 April 2013

Anglican Record Project releases trio of registers

Three more transcriptions and indexes of Church of Ireland registers have been released by the Anglican Record Project, as follows:
  • Templeshanbo, Killane Union, Co. Wexford (Ferns): 118 Marriages 1800–1814
  • Fermoy Garrison Church, Co. Cork (Cloyne): 28 Baptisms 1920–22
  • St Peter’s Church, Kilgarvan, Co Kerry (Ardfert & Aghadoe): 238 Baptisms 1811–50; 98 Marriages 1812–1947, some with notations of details such as occupation, widowed status and/or townland; Burials 1819–50, 1878–1960; and an 1834 list of 156 Protestant inhabitants in Kilgarvan and Killaha parishes.
The transcriptions are downloadable in pdf format here. The Anglican Record Project is an ongoing endeavour to make Church of Ireland baptism, marriage and burial registers available in a digital format. It is run by Mark Williams and hosted by the Representative Church Body Library. Find out more about using church records to trace your Irish Protestant ancestors.