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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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
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
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)
Coastguard Births and Baptisms, Donegal
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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