Birth, Marriage and Death Records

 

The following records have been extracted from various sources and form part of the Donegal Genealogy Resources Website

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Notes :

Many records/links were kindly donated to this website, in the hope that they may also be of interest/help to others.

I am very grateful to each of these people

 

 

Co Donegal Parish & District ~ Outside Donegal ~ Miscellaneous ~ Wills

Co Donegal Parish & District:

Burt, Inch and Upper Fahan Registrar's District - Deaths registered Jan - Mar 1865, submitted by Meg

 

Carn - Selected baptisms from the Roman Catholic parish of Carn,  mirrored here with the kind permission of Margaret Jenkins

 

Carrick - Marriages Registered 1864 & 1865 - civil marriage registrations Glencolumbkille/Kilcar

 

Civil Birth Registrations Index - complete for 1864

 

Clonca - Extracts from Cloncha Parish Registers births 1669 to 1783, submitted by Sylvia Moore

 

Clondavaddog - RC Marriage Register 1847 to 1865 - Sorted by Groom; Sorted by Bride

 

Convoy - Presbyterian Church, selected baptisms 1826-1845, submitted by Saundra

 

Crossroads - Presbyterian Church Registers - I don't usually have links to off-site pages, but this is brilliant! Births, baptisms, marriages and deaths, the earliest from 1811!

 

Crossroads Registrar's District - Deaths registered Jan - Mar 1865, submitted by Meg

 

Crossroads/Gweedore/Dunfanaghy Districts - 3,404 Selected Births submitted by Cass

 

Doe, Dunfanaghy Baptisms - A to f, G to L, Mc, M to W submitted by Cass

 

Drumholm - St. Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church, Ballintra Baptisms 1866-1913 & Marriages 1866-1945, submitted by Carolyn

 

Dunfanaghy Registrar's District - Deaths registered Jan - Mar 1865, submitted by Meg

 

Dungloe Registrar's District - Civil Marriage Registrations 1864 - 1870

 

Gartan - Banns & Marriages, Civil Registrations

 

Glenswilly - Banns, Marriages & Baptisms, Civil Registrations

Gweedore - Master index to online Gweedore births and baptisms (1,707 entries)

Holy Cross Dunfanaghy Baptisms - 174 baptisms submitted by Cass

Iskaheen - St Patrick's Catholic Church, Parish of Iskaheen, Diocese of Derry 1858 - 1901. Surnames A to C, D, E to K, L to P, Mc, Q to end. The Original data was submitted by Jean Goddard, to whom I am very grateful for such a great resource for Muff and Moville Upper. Please email for any further information on individual entries. Also see Muff Parish Resources for more on the parish. 

Kilderry Registrar's District - Deaths registered Jan - Mar 1865, submitted by Meg

 

Kilmacrenan - Banns, Marriages, Baptisms, Civil Registrations

 

Malin Head - Star of the Sea Church baptisms, submitted by Margaret

Mevagh - Selected baptisms 1872 & 1877

Moville - Birth extractions, submitted by Kate

Rathmelton - Roman Catholic Births, Surnames A to C only (so far)

Rathmullan - Birth extractions, submitted by Kate

St Eunan's Letterkenny - 622 marriage banns from 1853 to 1857

Various - 120 Deaths in Donegal for various surnames and locations, submitted by Julie

Outside Donegal:

Australia :

NSW, Australia - Personal Notices Relating to County Donegal Emigrants to the Colony of New South Wales, Australia, 1843 - 1889 (Len Swindley)

NSW, Australia - Personal Notices Relating to County Donegal Emigrants to the Colony of New South Wales, Australia, 1890 - 1928 (Len Swindley)

QLD, Australia - Personal Notices Relating to County Donegal Emigrants to Queensland, Australia, 1864 - 1948 (Len Swindley)

Victoria, Australia - Personal Notices Relating to County Donegal Emigrants to the Colony of Victoria, Australia 1852 - 1870 (Len Swindley)

Victoria, Australia - Personal Notices Relating to County Donegal Emigrants to the Colony of Victoria, Australia 1871 - 1908 (Len Swindley)

Canada :

Saint John, New Brunswick - Marriage records St. Malachi's Chapel, Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) 1828-30  (Peter D. Murphy)

Scotland :

Campsie, Stirlingshire - Co Donegal Entries in the 1855 Campsie, Stirlingshire Civil Birth Register (Meg Greenwood)

Lanarkshire, Scotland - Co Donegal Entries in the 1855 Lanarkshire, Scotland Civil Marriage Register (Meg Greenwood)

Miscellaneous:

Coastguard Births and Baptisms, Donegal

Wills:

Index to the Diocese of Raphoe Wills - For the period 1684 - 1858. All the original wills were destroyed in the fire of 1922 however, the indices were not destroyed, although some are badly damaged and difficult to read

 

Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1858-1920 - free and searchable on the National Archives of Ireland Website

 

Index to Donegal Wills on the PRONI Website - Index of Wills and Administraions held at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in their Londonderry Registry, with a note indicating if an image of the will is available to view online

 

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Will Calendars - free and searchable, with images online in Png or DjVu image formats

 

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