Link: Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon

[wynnepa]

First post for me so Howdy to all. I just posted to Roscommon for 5 certs but obviously forgot to read the finer print. I found the references for 2 certs (1895 and 1880) and included those (thanks to the advice from others). 1 cert i could not find the references for but had the date of marriage in 1872. The other 2 marriages were for 1828 and 1854. Assume they will trash those last 2 requests since prior to 1864.

So if i get three certs emailed back i will be happy.

[Elwyn Soutter]

They certainly won’t be able to help you with a marriage in 1828. For the 1854 marriage they may have it if it was not RC. (RC marriages were only recorded from 1864 onwards but other denominations from April 1845).

For marriages before the statutory registration dates, you need to search parish records. To do that you need to know the exact denomination as well as the parish. If you have that information, post it and I’ll try to advise you what your options are for searching the records.

[wynnepa]

Thank you Elwyn. Appreciate the quick reply. Here are the two older certs i am researching...Peter

GG Grandparents (i found this extract on www.rootsireland.ie and wanted the actual certificate to verify)
Name:  Patrick Mitchell
Spouse:  Mary Farrell
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 23 –September -1854
Event Place: Tuam, County Galway
Registration District: Tuam
Their daughters marriage certificate says Tuam No. 1 so i am assuming both marriages occurred at The Cathedral of the Assumption in Tuam.

GGG Grandparents
Name:  Philip Wynne
Spouse:  Mary Conlon
Event Type: Marriage
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Event Date: 1828 (per daughter Catherine’s pension application in 1917)
Event Place: Mullinabreena (I think), Reg Dist: Coolaney, Union: Tobercurry, County Sligo
Registration District: Coolaney
For this one I have a GRO Marriage Cert for Philips son, John, at the Mullinabreena Chapel (now called Sacred Heart) so assumption for Philip's marriage here as well.

[aghadowey]

For the 1st one- there will be no certificate, only an entry in the church register but probably minimal details (usually date, bride, groom and perhaps 2 witnesses).

For the 2nd- remember that marriages usually take place in the bride's church so that might not be the same place son married. If the information is purely from a pension claim form there might not be a surviving record in church archives.

[wynnepa]

Ok. Thank you again.. I am still in the learning state for Ireland research and appreciate your guidance.
For the first one you were spot on as that is all the info i got from the extract. I was thinking there might be more......
For the second one I will have to wait until i visit the church and keep my fingers crossed. I am assuming my ancestors who stayed in Ireland never left Achrony ..... seeing some surnames in the 1901/1911 census in the same exact location. Just need to work on the connections.

[Elwyn Soutter]

You can see what RC records exist for each parish using this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/

[MikeABarry]

Does anyone now of an Email address instead of the FAX number?

[conahy calling]

reply 93 on this thread says they may not have  e-mail

[MikeABarry]

They are offering to Email scans of your requested info, so it seems logical that they might offer an incoming Email address for certificate request with attached word documents of their forms.