Burial Records for Belturbet

[california dreamin]

Hi all,
In general is there an issue with Catholic burial records for the churches in and around Belturbet (Annagh)? There are a number of people I'd like to check on and for example burials for the parishes of Annagh and Drumlane are non-existent.  Is there reason?  Are they still with the church? Have they not survived? Time frame is from about 1880-1900ish.  Generally, this area seems to be badly covered by church records. Do any Cavan researchers know why this is?

I am not looking for civil records I'm good with that it is church records/burial records.

Thanks
CD

[aghadowey]

Most churches of all denominations in Ireland tended not to keep burial records- the exception is the Church of Ireland which usually did keep a burial register (although possibly other religions buried in COI ground may not always be recorded). People would mostly have had an idea where their family were buried and often the local sexton remembered exactly who was buried where.

Church records of marriages, baptisms, communicants, etc. vary from congregation to congregation. Also remember that not all records are online and may still only be in local custody.
Many Catholic parish register are online (free)- https://registers.nli.ie/
Sometimes there are also records on pay sites or in local custody which you can check for individual churches by clicking on 'Irish Ancestors' on the church's page.

Castletara parish, which marches Annagh, has online records well back to the 1700s-
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0822

[california dreamin]

Thanks for your helpful reply - yes very familiar with the NLI and Irish Ancestors databases. But that is really interesting that the tendency was not to keep burial records.

There is a complete absences of records for the particular family I am looking for which made we wonder the circumstances of some of the parish records.  The Castletara parish is definitely worth a look. And I had wondered about any records being in local custody.

So slightly different question for you (and others) what do you think would be the youngest age that someone could register a death in Ireland?

Thanks again
CD

[aghadowey]

My grandfather's uncle was about 14 when he registered his grandfather's death but I don't think there was a set age.

[california dreamin]

Thanks.

CD