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Kyle J. Betit is a professional genealogist, lecturer and author residing in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kyle specializes in Irish and immigration research. Kyle Betit is Research Director of ProGenealogists, Inc., in Salt Lake City and the author of the Irish Genealogy Pages at http://ireland.progenealogists.com

Dublin City Library & Archive

A great new facility is available in Dublin for people researching Dublin families, and families from throughout Ireland. It’s the renovated Dublin City Library & Archive facility at 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. I recently (August 2006) visited there to look at the database of the Dublin parish registers that have been indexed by the Dublin Heritage Group. I was looking for a marriage of a couple in 1838 who belonged to the Church of Ireland, and I found it! Because there were many Church of Ireland parishes in Dublin, this saved me time in figuring out where they were married. All marriages in the database can be searched at one time (the same for births of deaths). You can find lists online of the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland parishes that have been indexed on this web site: http://www.dublincity.ie/ . Selected data from the databases is now available online at http://www.dublinheritage.ie/ but the full data for any entry must be accessed at the Dublin City Library & Archive.

Other records available for Dublin City research include:
- Dublin City Freedom Rolls, 1468-1918 (lists of the freemen of Dublin)
- Dublin Voters’ Registration Books, 1937-2002
- Records of the Dublin City Assembly and the Dublin City Council
- Cemetery records for Mount Jerome Cemetery, 1836-1972, and Deansgrange Cemetery, 1865-1972.
- Church of Ireland parish registers for Dublin parishes
- Dublin directories from 1751 to present.
- Telephone directories from 1915 to present.
- Dublin newspapers

Records for the whole of Ireland held at this repository include:
- Microfilm copies of Irish civil registration indexes (births, marriages, deaths) filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
- Griffith’s Primary Valuation for the 32 counties, 1847-1864
- Tithe Applotment Books for the 32 counties, 1828-1832
- Various published books useful for Irish genealogy
- Directories covering the whole country
- National newspapers

(Many more sources for all of Ireland are held at other Dublin repositories such as the National Library of Ireland and the National Archives of Ireland.)

Here is the contact information for this great repository:
Dublin City Library & Archive,
138 – 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Tel.: +353 1 6744999
Fax.: +353 1 6744881
Email: dublinstudies@dublincity.ie
http://www.dublincity.ie/

Hours of Operation:
Monday to Thursday: 10.00am - 8.00pm
Friday and Saturday: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday: Closed

Access:
You need to obtain a current Research Card, which you can apply for at the library.
The online library catalogue is available at http://www.dublincitypubliclibraries.ie.

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