Free on line Irish Civil Registrtion Records

For any of us that are doing Irish Genealogy and Research, September of 2016 was a big day for us. Why you ask?
Because that is when the civil vital records from Ireland's General Register Office, otherwise known as GRO went on line for free. To view civil records go to https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/agreement.jsprds

They have the following on line:

• Births         1864-1915
• Marriages   1882-1940
• Deaths         1891-1965

They will have some earlier dates on future updates. The end dates are due to privacy law restrictions.

You can search their site for free and they have a lot of images to view. You will need to sign in and a small easy test to prove you are not a robot, but then you view all the images on line that are available for FREE.
There is a great section explaining what they have available and also a section telling you where to get other Irish records. some examples are as follows:

• Civil Records
• Church Records
• Census Records
• Property Records
• Migration Records
• Graveyards
• Geography
• How to 

Also a great section on HOW DOES THIS SITE WORK?
The site gives a great number of resources. If you have Irish Ancestors do not delay in checking it out.

 

Under marriages I found  the records of two cousins twice removed. They are the children of James Nolan the brother of Sarah Nolan, my Great Grandmother on my Father's side of the Family. 

You may remember that I couldn't find any records of the two eldest children (James and Jane) of William & Anne Eliza (Maguines/Magennis) Nolan (my great grandparents) coming to America. James is Sarah's older brother found in the 1881 Scotland's Census. Sarah, her father William, and her brother Joseph were living with James and his wife Mary Ann and their daughter Susan. Susan is one of the marriage images that I found. William Nolan her younger brother is the other image I found.

I will continue to use this site to find other cousin records. But I wanted to get the word out as quickly as possible for you to find this wonderful new research website for your Irish ancestors. HAPPY HUNTING  on https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

MAY THE LUCK OF THE IRISH BE WITH YOU.

Anne Eliza (Magennis) Nolan in 1910 Census

 After the 1900 US Census the next record to search for Annie Nolan is the 1910 US Census as her tombstone states she died Feb 9, 1919.  I searched for Eliza Nolan and sure enough I found her on HertiageQuest; she is in the 1910 census but that Eliza is the daughter of Wm. and Annie Nolan.
inscription as follows:
      Nolan, Annie, head, F,W, 70, Wd., mother of 10 children, 8 living, born in Ireland, parents born    Scot., English, immigration year 1887, speaks English, no occupation, unable to read or write
      Nolan, Eliza, daughter, F,W, 28, S, born in Ireland,parents born in Ire English, immigration year 1887, Reeler, flax mill, W, working on April 15, 1910, 0 weeks out ot of work 1909, able to read and write
       Nolan, Margaret, daughter, F,W, 22, S, born in Ireland,parents born in Ire English, immigration year 1887, Reeler, flax mill, W, working on April 15, 1910, 0 weeks out ot of work 1909, able to read and write
They are on roll 580, ED 263, Sheet 6B, pg. 113, household 123 living at 20 Cuba Street, Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. on 29 April 1910.
****note Annie states she had 10 children and 8 are living. according to my research all of the eight children that I have found are still living in 1910.

To me this is very close to finding where she died. So I searched and another Eureka moment.

This was found Massachusetts. Essex. Digital Images of Death Certificates-Massachusetts deaths 1841-1920. Family Search. FamilySearch. www.familysearch.org : n.d.
The informant was her daughter Elizabeth Nolan living at 20 Cuba St.She died of Brouclio (sic) Bronchial Pneumonia. Parents are listed as John McGuinnis, born in Ireland and ______Wilson, born in Ireland. Place of burial is listed as Pine Grove Cemetery, No. Grafton, Mass.