Is it true some records were destroyed by fire. That makes it much more difficult Been to family search, ancestry.ca etc. Not easy when marriage certificate does not include mother of groom or bride.
Again it depends on the type of records, and denomination. Many of the Church of Ireland records sent to the Records Office in Dublin were destroyed during the civil war, but Catholic records were not effected. Some of the early census returns were also effected by this, along with wills and probate records.
Early RC marriage often dont have much detail included. e.g. for the 1850s and earlier you would usually see the date of marriage, names of the bride and groom and possibly the names of two witnesses. Historic Civil marriage certs never include mother's name, but do include father's name and occupation.
Ancestry dont have very many Irish parish records.
