How to Use the Registry of Deeds, Dublin, Ireland

Films online at FamilySearch.org

Created by
Jim McKane, Ontario, Canada
jamckane[at]gmail.com

 

Established in 1708 the Registry of Deeds is a huge archive of Irish property history, holding 17,000 bound volumes of property documents and five million memorial records of property transactions.

• These films will test your patience and determination!!

• These films are photos of the many thousands of pages of the Registry. They are not indexed but contain valuable information

• Go to FamilySearch.org

• Sign In to your account OR create a new account free

• Click on Search

• Then in the dropdown list, click on Catalog

• Choose Search by Titles

• In the Titles field, enter “Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929”

• Click on Search

• Click on the entry “Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929”

• Give a little time to produce the whole page which is a very long list of films

• Read the Notes section on this page – IMPORTANT!!

• Next you have the choice of searching [listed as you scroll down the very long page]

  • Here you need to note the dates associated with each film if the date is important to your search

  • The Grantor [of the deed] Index – indexed by Surname; grouped by various dates

  • The Land Index [city location as mentioned in the Notes]

  • The Place Name Index [Townlands indexed by County]

  • The Land Index 1920-1929

  • Deeds – indexed by the Memorial Number which you obtain from searches in the above listed indices

  • I would highly recommend you follow the sequence I used to search for my ancestor James McKane [I found a James McKane but not MY James!!] to familiarize yourself with the procedure

  • Scroll down to the “Grantor Index M-Z 1786-1793” in the left column

  • Note the Film Number in the event you wish to return later

  • Clcik on the tiny Camera Icon in the right-most column

  • Here you may open any of the images by double-clicking directly on them

  • You can jump pages using the Image Number field in the upper left corner of the screen

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  • I found a James McKane on page 12

  • Use the Image Number field to jump to page 12; double-click on it

  • Part way down the left page, you will find McKane, James

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  • This means Vol 376, Page 360, Memorial Extract Number 251374

  • Now you need to go back to your Search Results listing with the long list of films; Scroll away down until you find - “Deeds, etc., v. 376-377 1785-1786” in the left column; then click on the tiny Camera Icon in right column to open the film images

  • These records are indexed by the Memorial Extract Number which in this case is 251374

  • Double-click on any random image; look for a Memorial Extract Number to see an indication of which way you need to go in the book. You can ‘jump’ image numbers by amending the Image number in the upper-left of the screen.

  • In this case, you will find the beginning of the Memorial in Image Number 190

 

Additional Notes:

• Mc’s could be alpha or at the beginning of the M’s

• Land Records are not necessarily alpha under letter of alphabet!!

Good Luck!!