An Irish birth - 1920's

[SueL]

Hello,
This is my very 1st posting so I do hope some kind soul may be able to help me?
I am trying to establish if a lady called Delma Frances who died in Peterborough in 1990 (dob 5th Feb 1926) was DELMA FRANCES QUINN born on 5th Feb 1926 in Ireland (possibly Tipperary?)

I have contacted the Irish GRO, the Dublin record office and the Tipperary office but they all want to charge me for a 5 year search and the issuing of a certificate. I don't want the certificate - all I simply want is a "Yes" or a "No" as to whether a birth was registered.

I don't know how difficult (or easy!) it is but I had assumed there would be something like the indexes for the English BMD registrations so thought it would be a case of just looking in an index, seeing as I have the actual date.

Can anyone help or advise me, please?
Many, many thanks,
Sue L.

[JNicLiam]

Hi Sue

You could look at the indexes yourself on film at the LDS. Unfortunately Irish records are far less computerised than English.
Alternatively you could put a message up on the Tipperary message board and possibily connect with someone else working on the Quinn family in Tipperary. It is at

Jill

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[SueL]

Hi Jill,
Thanks for this. I will certainly search the Tipperary message Board.

Regarding the LDS, unfortunately the birth entries AFTER 1922 that they have filmed are Northern Ireland ones only, so don't cover Tipperary.

I will be checking these out anyway but outside of Southern Ireland, I am beginning to think there are no copies of indexes available.

Thank you for your time,
SueL.

[Hall/Swan]

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I don't know how difficult (or easy!) it is but I had assumed there would be something like the indexes for the English BMD registrations so thought it would be a case of just looking in an index, seeing as I have the actual date.


This is Ireland....... come back in 20 years and you might find it online!|soapbox|

[Peter Goodey]

Check the Family History Library catalogue for "General index of births, marriages and deaths registered in Saorstát Éireann [Irish Free State], 1922-1958"*

In particular you'll probably want

Index of births 1922-1925 FHL BRITISH Film 101229

and

Index of births 1926-1928 FHL BRITISH Film 101230

*The title is wrong. The Irish Free State became simply Ireland in 1937.

[Hall/Swan]

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