Bray Civil Parish, County Wicklow, Ireland Genealogy

Guide to Bray Civil Parish, County Wicklow ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, baptism records, marriage records, and burial records.

The following information is a starting point for records about the civil parish of Bray. The information is based on locations and records before 1922.

History
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Localities
Bray civil parish is located at the north east of Co. Wicklow and on the border with Co. Dublin. The civil parish is in the Poor Law Union/Civil Registration district of Rathdown.

Towns and Townlands in Bray civil parish :

Adjacent Civil parishes :

Kilmacanoge, Delgany and Oldconnaught (Co. Dublin)

Maps and gazetteers
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Cemeteries
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Census
The purpose of a census was to gather information about people who lived in an area. While the government began census taking in 1821, only fragments exist before 1901. Censuses for 1901 and 1911 are available. Read more about the records in the Ireland Census article.

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Church records
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Catholic
The Catholic parish for the civil parish is also named Bray and this also covers the adjacent civil parishes of Delgany, Kilmacanogue and Calary.

Baptisms and marriage records are available for the parish back to 1792.

Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland parish for the area is also named Bray and the following records are available :

Baptisms from 1670, marriages from 1683 and death/burials from 1666

Presbyterian
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Methodist
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Society of Friends
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Others
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Civil Registration
Government registration of births and deaths began in 1864. Registration of non-Catholic marriages began in 1845, with all marriages being registered by 1864. Go to the Ireland Civil Registration article to read more about these records.

Land records
The Registry of Deeds started in 1708. Land transactions were recorded, including immovable property passed on in a will and property given to a daughter at her marriage. Read more about these records in the Ireland Land and Property article.

Probate Records
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School records
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Tax records
The valuation of property for tax purposes was started in the 1840s by Richard Griffith. A tax paid to the church, call Tithe Applotments, began in the 1820s. Read about these records in the Ireland Taxation and Ireland Land and Property articles. Add records for this parish that you know about.

Websites
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