Mountcharles Civil Parish, County Donegal, Ireland Genealogy

Guide to Mountcharles Civil Parish, County Donegal ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, baptism records, marriage records, and burial records.

The following information is a starting point for records about the parish of Mountcharles. The information is based on locations and records before 1922.

History
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Localities
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Maps and gazetteers
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Cemeteries
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Census
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Online Catalog records at PRONI

Repository : Public Record Office for Northern Ireland PRONI Reference : MIC1/158/1 Volume containing vestry minutes, 1874-88; accounts for the building of the church, 1860; details of the numbers in the church, 1860-8, 1881 and 1895;  a list of families in the Church of Ireland, 1867-8 ; lists of persons who have left the parish to America, etc. 1860-7;

Church records
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Catholic
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Church of Ireland
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PRONI Reference : MIC1/158/1 Access : Open Title : 1877-1920: Register of baptisms of Mountcharles Dates : 1860-1924 Description : 1877-1920: Register of baptisms of Mountcharles parish church, Co. Donegal. 1861-1913: Marriage register of Mountcharles parish church, Co. Donegal. 1860-88: Volume containing vestry minutes, 1874-88; accounts for the building of the church, 1860; details of the numbers in the church, 1860-8, 1881 and 1895; a list of families in the church, 1867-8; details of clothing given to the poor, 1868-72; and a register of deaths, 1860-67; lists of persons who have left the parish to America, etc. 1860-7; and statistics about church attendance, day schools, Sunday school numbers, number of births and deaths, etc., 1861-7. 1888-1924: Vestry minute book of Mountcharles parish church, Co. Donegal. 1897-1924: Register of vestrymen of Mountcharles parish church, Co. Donegal.

Presbyterian
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Methodist
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Society of Friends
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Others
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Civil Registration
Government registration of births and deaths began in 1864. Registration of Protestant marriages began in 1845, with all marriages being registered by 1864. Go to the Ireland Civil Registration article to read more about these records.

Land records
The Registry of Deeds started in 1708. Land transactions were recorded, including immovable property passed on in a will and property given to a daughter at her marriage. Read more about these records in the Ireland Land and Property article.

Probate records
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School records
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Tax records
The valuation of property for tax purposes was started in the 1840s by Richard Griffith. A tax paid to the church, call Tithe Applotments, began in the 1820s. Read about these records in the Ireland Taxation and Ireland Land and Property articles. Add records for this parish that you know about.

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