Death records

Pat:

Civil registration of deaths started in 1864. Those records did not list children unless the informant was a son or daughter and if that info was recorded on the record.

RC churches generally did not retain death records. It appears none of the RC parishes in Co. Kilkenny retained any death records.

John and Ellen were likely born 1793 or earlier based on having a son in 1813. I looked at civil death records in the Castlecomer registration district and did not find a record for John or Ellen which would correspond to someone who was born in the latter part of the 1700s. So either they emigrated or died before 1864.

Roger McDonnell

Roger,

Thank you. So now I guess the question is, if John and Ellen died before 1864... would there be any records at cemetery's?  Were cemetery's associated with churches?  Are there maps of burials dating back to that era?

Assuming the two sons baptized in 1813 and 1815 or any other possible siblings, lived until after 1864, would their death records have information regarding their parents?

Thanks again.

Pat

Pat:

Civil death records only show date of death, the name of the deceased, where they lived and the informant's name and sometimes the relationship of the informant to the deceased.

There were burial areas contiguous with many RC churches but it would be very rare to have a headstone since the people were poor especially during the period 1845-1863. The churches are unlikely to have records on burials back to that period.

Roger