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locating birth details in northern ireland

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Ivy

Ivy Report 21 Mar 2010 08:58

Once you have his birth certificate, you could look for his parents on the 1901 census, which is available to view at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). There is a 40% complete index of heads of household here:

http://www.from-ireland.net/ant/1901census/belfast/gsurnames3.htm

(surnames beginning with G)

which lists just 4 Glass(e) households in Belfast.

The 1911 census is available online, and lists 749 Glass entries for all Ireland. If his parents were in Belfast, the county to search is Antrim, which has 350 Glass entries.

The 1911 census online search is here:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

mgnv

mgnv Report 21 Mar 2010 00:45

Pre 1922 partition records are available at:
http://www.groireland.ie/
NB it's just 6 euros to buy an uncertified image of the rego


You can look up the GRO(I) index at:
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections;r=1

Post partition, you'll need GRONI at:
http://www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm

For the troubles, try googling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Civil_War

The 1921 census was delayed to 1926 as a result.

Geraldine

Geraldine Report 21 Mar 2010 00:35

Hi Sally

You might like to go this web site and apply for your Grandfathers's birth certificate.

http://www.groni.gov.uk/

Cheers Gerry

Sally

Sally Report 20 Mar 2010 23:11

my late grandfather samual glass was born in belfast in 1918.He came to england in 1938 and saddly died in 2004. he had one daughter born in 1948... my mum!!!... but have been informed since his death that he may of had to leave a family in Ireland because of the troubles. Any info on this matter would be greatly received thanks