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November Archive of the Month – the Anglican Record Project
Family historians with ancestry in the parish of Delgany and its vicinity in north Wicklow will be particularly excited by the launch of a new web link via the Church of Ireland website, where transcripts of the parish registers of baptism, marriage and burial from 1666 to 1900, together with an index of names,…
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”What is a Preacher’s Book?” by Maeve Mullin
For the digitized copy of the earliest preacher’s book for the parish of Clones click here Alongside baptism, marriage and burial registers,…
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Introducing the Anglican Record Project with full transcripts of the Delgany parish registers, County Wicklow, 1666–1900
To access the Project, please click here In a project that began in 2009, the RCB Library engaged positively and proactively with the Department of Arts, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht in the first stage of digitizing parish registers for the www.irishgenealogy.ie website, a state website ‘dedicated…
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Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 12 June 2010Genealogical Website LaunchNext Wednesday evening in St Werburgh’s church, Dublin, the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Ms Mary Hanafin TD, and the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr John Neill, will be the principal speakers at the launch of the second phase of the genealogy…
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€100,000 grant supports digitisation of Church of Ireland parish registers
The Representative Church Body Library has welcomed the announcement of a €100,000 capital grant towards the digitisation of Church of Ireland parish registers as part of the Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht’s digitisation scheme. The funding was announced by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms…
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Ministerial visit to RCB Library
A €100,000 capital grant towards the digitisation of Church of Ireland parish registers was announced as part of a visit by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms Josepha Madigan TD, to the RCB Library on Monday (10th September). This was the first ministerial visit to the…
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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Saturday 11 August 2012 Archives Awareness CampaignNext Thursday the Archives and Records Association Ireland, the professional body for archivists in Ireland, will launch its annual archives awareness campaign. Although the Church of Ireland is not specifically involved, the campaign presents an opportunity for the Church to reflect on its archival responsibilities and to assess how…
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Illuminated address by renowned heraldic artist for a new dean of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin now available online (Article)
To view the illuminated address here. For July, we feature one of the more unusual and artistic pieces in the Representative Church Body Library’s collections. This is an illuminated address presented to the outgoing rector…
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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
New Parish Register Resource In St Audoen’s parish church, Dublin, next Wednesday evening, the Director of the National Archives, John McDonough, will launch the List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers – an online colour–coded resource featuring live hyperlinks. This is a listing of all Church of Ireland parish registers of baptisms, marriages and…
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Online Launch of The List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers
At a reception in St Audoen’s parish church, Dublin, at 6pm, Wednesday, 3rd August 2016, the Director of the National Archives, John McDonough, launched TheList of Church of Ireland Parish Registers: an online colour–coded resource featuring live links to other relevant online resources. The list accounts for all Church of Ireland parochial…
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