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Graveyard Records
There are two basic classes of records related to graveyards,
transcriptions of gravestone inscriptions and
Cemetery Registry Books
Transcriptions of gravestone inscriptions
Much work has been done in transcribing and publishing gravestone
inscriptions. Many of the largest collections of indexed transcripts
of gravestone inscriptions are now held by local Heritage Centres.
Some surveys are both accurate and comprehensive, while others
are sketchy. Finding out whether a particular graveyard has
been surveyed and locating the gravestone transcriptions may
also prove to be difficult.
The county source-lists will also give an account of locations of transcripts known in 1998. More comprehensive and up-to-date liastings will be found in ancestor
search.
The Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the
Dead started publishing its Journal in 1888. Over the forty-seven
years of its existence between 1888 and 1934, the Journal published
a huge volume of inscriptions, many of which have since been
destroyed. A composite index to surnames and places for the
first twenty years of publications was published in 1910; the
remaining volumes have their own indexes.
The references in the county source-lists to the Irish Genealogical
Research Society
collection in the Genealogical Office give
the number of entries recorded in each graveyard.
Cemetery Registry Books
Cemetery Registry Books are extremely informative, but unfortunately
are quite rare. They are generally associated with large modern
municipal cemeteries. The best is probably the Registry for
Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
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