Ancestry adds more Irish medical practitioner records

Following on from last week's release of the UK and Ireland, Medical Registers, 1859-1943 collections (see http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2023/04/ancestry-adds-uk-and-ireland-medical.html), Ancestry has added a further collection of medical practitioner records from Ireland:

Ireland, Kirkpatrick Index of Physician Biographical Files, 1826-1952
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62262/

Source: Kirkpatrick Index of Biographical files. Dublin, Ireland: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

About Ireland, Kirkpatrick Index of Physician Biographical Files, 1826-1952

This collection includes biographical information about members of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. The collection contains images of the original records that include personal and professional information about each physician. The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland began as an educational institution and a professional society dedicated to the improvement of medical care and the licensing of physicians in Ireland.

Using this collection

Records in this collection may include the following information:

• Name
• Maiden name
• Alias
• Birth date and place
• Marriage date and place
• Age at marriage
• Spouse name
• Parents’ names
• Place of residence
• Education year
• Death date and place
• Age at death

This collection can be used to confirm that your ancestor was a physician and a member of the Royal College of Physicians at a specific point in time. The records also may allow you to compare your ancestor’s birth, marriage, and death information with other vital records.

For further details on the collection, click on the link above.

Chris

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