Thomas marsom and some of his siblings( Jane, George and Ellen) Parents were William Marsom and Elizabeth Richards, were born in ? Dublin or ? Cork in the 1860s. I cannot find records of their births. Other children were born in Dublin and registered at St marys church of ireland. Are there any parish records available that I could search for these missing siblings and how can I access them.
Margaret Clark
Monday 18th Feb 2013, 01:54AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Margaret
Thank you for your query. Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870-are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf
Also should you need to research alternative records for any reason Roman Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is - http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of available records per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance.
Also Presbyterian registers are held in three main locations: in local custody, in the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI) http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm and at the Presbyterian Historical Society http://www.presbyterianhistoryireland.com in Belfast. PRONI has microfilm copies of almost all registers in Northern Ireland and also lists of records held by the Presbyterian Historical Society. For the rest of Ireland, almost all records are in local custody. It can difficult to locate these as many congregations in the South have moved, amalgamated, or simply disappeared over the last sixty years.
A quick search on www.familysearch.org under Thomas Marsom may have found the information you are looking for: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N585-7BP
Here are some additional websites that may be of help to you:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/default.h…
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
Il the best in your future research Margaret. Do not hesitate to contact us again.
Kind Regards
Genealogy Support
Munster Ireland
Tuesday 12th Mar 2013, 04:48PM