Access to many RCBL records temporarily suspended

I've just noticed the following on the website of the Representative Church Body Library (https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library) in Dublin, which holds many records for the Church of Ireland:

Important notice: Access to Manuscripts, Diocesan and Cathedral Archives Suspended

For essential maintenance in our strong–rooms we regret to inform researchers that access to all manuscripts, diocesan and cathedral collections in the Library is suspended until further notice.

Parish record collections continue to be available. We will update you as soon as works are complete.

Chris

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Anglican baptismal registers from Derryloran parish in County Tyrone

I'm doing some client research just now involving the Church of Ireland parish of Derryloran in County Tyrone. The surviving records have been transcribed as part of the Representative Church Body Library's Anglican Record Project, but are not appearing in the list of records available at https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/anglican-record-project, whilst the RCBL's excellent and recently updated List of Parish Registers at https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/list-of-parish-registers simply redirects to the main ARP home page for Derryloran.

However the records are available online, with two baptismal registers available, one from 1796-1842, and another from 1843-1896. Both volumes also contain lists of confirmations from various years. I have contacted the RCBL and asked if they can update their directory. 

In the meantime, you will find the records themselves freely accessible at at https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/anglican-record-project/derryloran. 

UPDATE: Fair play to the RCBL - they have responded within hours to say that they have rectified the situation and provided relevant links to the Derryloran pages from the ARP home page (with Armagh as the diocese), and will include the relevant links when they next update the List of Parish Registers. Excellent response!

Chris

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Ireland's RCBL Library updates its Anglican church records guide

The Representative Church Body Library in Dublin (https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library), the home to the archives of the Anglican based Church of Ireland, has updated its colour coded church records guide, itemising which records are known to exist and where they are based. From the site:

A total of 54 “new” parish collections that previously were not among the Library’s holdings have been transferred and accessioned during this period – each assigned with their own unique identity numbers, with the result that the Library now holds no less than 1,214 individual parish record collections.

Further information is available at the site's Archive of the Month post at https://www.ireland.anglican.org/news/11139/parish-register-accessions-at-the

For a list of accessions in 2020, visit https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AoftM/2022/January/PDF1_Accessions-of-Parish-Records2020.pdf

For a list of accessions in 2021 visit https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AoftM/2022/January/PDF2_Accessions-of-Parish-Records2021.pdf

For the full colour coded guide, visit https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/registers/ParishRegisters/PARISHREGISTERS.pdf

(With thanks to @rcblibrary via Twitter)

Chris

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.