Friday 19 May 2023

RootsIreland uploads more RC records to its East Galway database

Some 6,000 Roman Catholic baptism records have been added to RootsIreland's East Galway collection. These additions follow last month's upload of 2,785 headstone inscriptions gathered from four burial grounds in the area (see blogpost).
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Today's upload sees the existing holding of register records extended with more recent baptisms, many of them now spanning an extra decade.

The date spans for the 19 parishes are now as follows (with the number of additional years in parenthesis):

  • Abbey & Duniry: (5 extra years) now 1870–1914
  • Ahascragh/Killosolan & Caltra: (4) 1840–1921
  • Aughrim & Kilconnell: (3) 1828–1920
  • Ballinasloe / Creagh & Kilclooney: (10) 1820–1921
  • Beagh (Shanaglish): (11) 1851–1921
  • Bullaun, Grange & New Inn: (12) 1828–1921
  • Clonbern & Kilkerrin (Kilkerrin/Clonberne): (12) 1892–1921
  • Clonfert, Meelick & Eyrecourt: (10) 1884–1919
  • Fahy & Quansboro: (12) 1871–1921
  • Fohenagh & Kilgerrill: (4) 1827–1921
  • Glinsk & Kilbegnet: (12) 1836–1921
  • Kilchreest: (4) 1855–1921
  • Killeenadeema & Aille: (11) 1836–1919
  • Leitrim: (1) 1815–1921
  • Loughrea (St Brendan’s): (12) 1810–1921
  • Mullagh & Killoran: (10) 1851–1919
  • Portumna: (4) 1830–1921
  • Tynagh: (4) 1816–1921
  • Woodford: (4) 1821–1921

See the full line-up of RootsIreland's online records for East Galway by clicking the local centre's logo above, or start searching here.