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:'''Update'''
:* From 8 September 2016, '''images''' of the General Register Office's historical birth, marriage and death registers are also available online. Due to privacy restrictions, birth records from the past 100 years (after 1915), marriage records from the past 75 years (after 1940) and death records from the past 50 years (after 1965) are not available.
:*From 4 June 2019Updated 08 January 2020, additional records have been released, with '''births''' to '''19181919''', '''marriages''' to '''19431944''', and '''deaths''' to '''19681969'''.
*FamilySearch contains a collection of Indexed records which may be searched, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2659409 Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913] based on a series of microfilms which have been digitised but which are not available for viewing. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ Search FamilySearch] further for other datasets. Note, you must first be signed in to [[FamilySearch]], a free website.
*[http://registers.nli.ie/ National Library of Ireland: free online Catholic Parish Register images: Baptisms and marriages to 1880and others]. Introduced 8 July 2015. These images are not indexed by name, so you will need to know the relevant parish. Although the description says the records are Baptisms and marriages only, it appears other records are included also.:'''Update''' October 2016. These records are also available on [[findmypastFindmypast]], a pay website, as Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Registers Browse (located in Life events (BMDs)/Church Parish Registers). Significantly it is stated "we have further indexed the records, which means that they are available for '''search by name'''". Findmypast also has databases Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (3 separate databases), (located in Life events (BMDs)/Parish Registers) and Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Congregational Records, located in Life Events (BMDs)/Religious Ceremonies, with images, all sourced from National Library of Ireland, (and with links to the image on NLI Registers website).
*[http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives of Ireland]
**[http://www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie Genealogy] Includes links to the 1901 and 1911 Censuses, Soldiers Wills 1914-1918 and Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1858 - 1920. Free online records.
::'''Update'''
::*15 September 2016. Six new record series were released , including "Shipping agreements and crew lists, 1863 – 1921" for the Merchant Navy, which covers not only Irish sailors, but include natives of Norway, Russia, Sweden, American and Germany. Also "Will Registers 1858 – 19221900". Four of these record series, including Crew Lists and Will Registers are also available for free on [[findmypastFindmypast]].
::*November 2018. Census index records are also available on [[FamilySearch]], with data provided by the National Archives of Ireland.
:*[http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/nai/censusreport1.html Comments about census indexing errors] "Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies"
*Online records from [https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/anglican-record-project Anglican Record Project, Church of Ireland parishes] A work in progress. There appear to be additional records linked from the page [https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/online-parish-records Online Parish Records]. [https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/list-of-parish-registers List of Parish Registers] with link to a pdf download, or direct [https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/registers/ParishRegisters/PARISHREGISTERS.pdf pdf link] - Information about surviving Parish Registers. All links, Church of Ireland website, category RCB Library.
*Pay websites
**[[Findmypast]] contains many Irish records. Under the tab "Search records" is a category [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/historical-records?SearchedRecordsetRegion=World&sourceID=13&utm_source=affiliate&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wiki.fibis.org&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=%20fmp_uk&awc=2114 "A-Z of record sets"] which is a listing of all the record databases. It is then possible to select a filter on the left hand side of the webpage "Ireland".
**Ancestry contains many Irish records. [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/cardcatalog.aspx Ancestry Card Catalogue of all Record Databases] (located as an option under the Search tab), including
***[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/2573/ Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958] (located in " Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish"). Index records only, sourced from the GRO (General Register Office) in Dublin, and from the GRO in Belfast, the latter records for Northern Ireland.
