Kildare Civil Parish, County Kildare, Ireland Genealogy

Guide to Kildare Civil Parish, County Kildare 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 civil parish of Kildare. 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
The purpose of a census was to gather information about people who lived in an area. While the government began census taking in 1821, only fragments exist before 1901. Censuses for 1901 and 1911 are available. Read more about the records in the Ireland Census article.

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Church records
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Catholic
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Church of Ireland
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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.

Genealogy
Moorhouse, B-Ann. A Moorhouse Family of Dublin, Carlow and Kildare. Pictures and genealogy of Moorehouse Family in Ireland, also Worcester Massachusetts, and New York. covering years 1672-1945. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. IX, no.1.1977 pages15-18. FamilySearch Library Ref. 941.5 B2i vol.9.

Dore, M.J. The Reads of Co. Kildare and Dublin. The posterity of William Read, a freeman of Kildare. Illustrated with two photographs of Mr. John Read Cowle present proprietor of the family business, John Read Cowle Co. Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Silversmiths,covers years 1640-1942, Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. XVIII, no.1. 1986. pages 27-31. FamilySearch Library Ref. 941.5 B2i

Montague-Smith, Patrick. Family of Fish of Castle Fish, Co. Kildare. Two Fish families lived in Ireland in the 16th Century. John Fish family died or left Ireland. Joseph Fish's descendants are listed including photograph of Ref. John Fish 1829-1883, Vicar of Asworth, Lancashire, Margaret Jane Parry his wife, Capt John Fish (-1783) and three children of John Fish. John William Brierly, 1879-1940, Margaretta Jane 1874-1969, and Evangeline 1881-1975 are included. Years covered 1610-1975. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. XIV, no. 1. 1982, pages 13-19, FamilySearch Library Ref. 941.5 B2i

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.

Websites
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