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Burials vs Baptisms at irishgenealogy.ie

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  • 12-07-2012 11:01am
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    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Something I've noticed while searching irishgenealogy.ie is the ratio of baptisms to burials and I'm just wondering why there are so many more of one than the other.
    Hitting the search button without filling in a name or date gives the following results:

    Baptism - 2,067,550
    Burial - 303,277
    Marriage - 428447

    Anyone got an thoughts on this?

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    shanew
    Registered Users Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭shanew


    Main reason is that very few RC parish registers include death/burials.


    S.


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    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    It's as simple as that? Ah well, just thought I'd ask.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    shanew
    Registered Users Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭shanew


    Overall ratio of burials to baptisms is about 14%, but if you check just CofI records for Dublin City the figures are quite different.. just over 80%

    Baptisms 231,064 / Burials 288,270 / Marriages 67,530

    Similarly for Carlow 60% and much lower for Kerry at about 20%.




    S.


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    shanew
    Registered Users Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭shanew


    shanew wrote: »
    Overall ratio of burials to baptisms is about 14%, but if you check just CofI records for Dublin City the figures are quite different.. just over 80%

    Baptisms 231,064 / Burials 288,270 / Marriages 67,530
    ....

    just realized that 80% for Dublin is the other way round ... more people where listed in CofI registers as being buried in Dublin city parishes than baptised !

    maybe I should have said the ratio was 124%

    Probably due to the general trend of people moving to the capital, and maybe some non CofI burials in CofI graveyards.


    S.


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    P. Breathnach
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    There is a very useful site for burials in Kerry: http://www.kerrylaburials.ie/en/index.aspx.

    I expect that similar records exist for other counties, and it is a pity that no other local authority (so far as I know) has undertaken a similar project to make them readily accessible.


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