child deaths dublin

pjproby

Were children's deaths recorded in 19th century Dublin?
Did the graveyards keep records?

pinkypinky

Of course they were kept.

Civil death records begin in 1864 and by about 1870, nearly everyone was compliant with registering civil events. Occasionally infant deaths slip through, typically were a child was born and died in a very short time frame.

Church of Ireland records of burials exist, depending on what parish you're talking about. They're often scant in detail. Catholic church, in general, did not keep burial records.

Municipal graveyards usually have records and some are online (glasnevin, from 1828, eg). Others have paper records like Deansgrange and Mount Jerome. It really depends which graveyard you're talking about but there is no centralised website or archive for all burial records in Dublin.

pjproby

Thanks for the reply, found my great grand fathers family. They had eight children of whom at least three and possibly five died.