Church Records

Parish registers of all denominations are an excellent source of genealogical information and probably the best starting point for research as they include Baptisms, Marriages and sometimes Deaths for all classes of the population. They also pre-date civil registration which began in Ireland in 1864.

At County Sligo Heritage & Genealogy Centre , we have indexed and computerised all pre 1900 church baptisms, marriage and death records available for County Sligo including the following denominations:

• Roman Catholic

• Church of Ireland

• Presbyterian

• Methodist

In addition to the above record sources, we also have the following available to us for use in the course of research:

• Census of the Diocese of Elphin 1749

• Gravestone Inscriptions