Purpose of the IGRS Early Irish Death Index
This Index seeks to provide pointers to the many alternative sources beyond parish registers and civil registration records. The extant parish registers are, in any case, becoming more available through websites including RootsIreland.ie, and the government website IrishGenealogy.ie.
Introduction to the index by Rosalind McCutcheon
Search the index
To allow for the vagaries of spelling, try searching just using the first 3 letters of the name. Look also at alternatives, such as: Nolan/Nowlan, Reilly/Riely/Riley, Crowley/Croly. A good guide for alternatives spellings can be found at www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/
Sources and where to find them
| Code | Explanation |
| APC | Admiralty Passing Certificates, held at National Archives, Kew, London |
| ARMY | Army records, mainly held at National Archives, Kew, London |
| BETH | Sir William Bethams’ Will Abstracts & other Manuscripts |
| BIBLE | Family Bible |
| BIFR | Burke’s Irish Family Records |
| BIOG | Biographies in printed works |
| BURKE | Burke’s Landed Gentry etc |
| CAPT | Captain Clancy’s Card Index of Marriages gleaned from various sources in the IGRS Library |
| CEN | Census Records |
| CHA | Chancery Bills |
| CHIC | Chichester House Claims |
| CLER | Clergy Succession Lists |
| COR A | Cork Archives |
| CROLLS | Conformity Rolls, annotated by Father Clare & published by IGRS. ED: Eileen O’Byrne & Anne Chamney |
| DIARY | Diary & Occurrence Books |
| DIB | Dictionary of Irish Biography |
| DKPRI | Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland |
| DNB | Dictionary of National Biography |
| ENG M | Miscellaneous records from England |
| EXCH | Exchequer Bills |
| FCCI | Father Clare’s Newspaper Index, available at IGRS |
| GUILD | Merchant Guild Records at National Library of Ireland |
| IG | The Irish Genealogist – Journal of the Irish Genealogical Research Society |
| IGRS NL | IGRS Newsletter – quoting Vol No & Issue No |
| IR ANC | Irish Ancestor, quoting Vol No & Issue No |
| JNL | Published Journals |
| LTR | Family letters |
| MI | Memorial Inscriptions |
| MISC O | Miscellaneous records from overseas |
| MLB | Marriage Licence Bond or Grant (noting Diocese) |
| MLN | Michael Leader Newspaper Collection at IGRS Library |
| NAI | National Archives of Ireland |
| NEWS | Newspaper: Name of Newspaper & Source to be shown, e.g. IG/8/2 = The Irish Genealogist, Volume 8, No 2 |
| NLI | National Library of Ireland |
| OAP | Old Age Pension Records, National Archives of Ireland |
| O’KIEF | O’Kief, Coshe Mang etc; Cork & Kerry Records in 16 volumes; full set at IGRS Library |
| PLAW | Poor Law entries |
| PREG O | Parish Registers from overseas |
| PRIV | Original records in private keeping |
| PRONI | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
| PUBL | Published books, other than Burke etc, shown elsewhere in this list |
| RIA | Royal Irish Academy |
| RFF | Rosemary ffolliott’s Newspaper Collection, available at IGRS Library |
| ROD | Registry of Deeds, – reference given is Book/Page/Number or, after 1832, Year Vol Folio(in form YYYYVVNNN). |
| SCHU | Schulze Marriage Register at General Register Office, Ireland |
| SCT M | Miscellaneous records from Scotland |
| SMY | Smythe-Wood Newspaper Abstracts at IGRS Library |
| TCD | Trinity College Dublin |
| UCC | University College Cork |
| VIS | Visitations of Ireland |
| WAL M | Miscellaneous records from Wales |
| WEB | Website with url |
| WEL | Records taken from the Welply Notebooks |
| WILL | Wills & Administrations, with source given |
Chapman Codes
The geographical references within this index are based on the Chapman Codes.
← Members-only page Page updated 6 January 2016
