Index of Wills & Marriage Licenses for

Dublin Diocese up to 1800

An index (on a single CD) of around 40,000 people from the records of the Diocesan court of Dublin Diocese (serving counties Dublin , Wicklow and parts of Kildare and Meath  ( ) for the period up to 1800.  At this period many of the legal functions which are now the duty of a civil Probate court were performed by the Church of Ireland.  This included proving of wills and regulation of marriages for all religious denominations.     The index contains names of almost 40,000 people , and the year of the court judgement of each.   An address is given for some 8,000 of the people listed, and trade, status or other personal information is provided for approximately 4,000.

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