I hope to apply for addition to the Foreign Birth Register based on my paternal grandmother's birth in Ireland. I already have the documents tracing her to me (her marriage certificate, my father's birth and marriage certificates, my birth certificate) but the most basic one is missing: grandmother's birth certificate.
She was born to a farm family in County Donegal in the late 1800s. The family did register a female child birth later but with no name. The daughter's name is included in the family's entry in the 1901 Ireland census. Her marriage certificate to my father in Massachusetts lists her parents' names and her birth in Ireland. My dad's birth certificate lists her maiden name and birthplace of Ireland. Her death certificate states her birthplace as Ireland.
So what I have here is proof of ancestry to a virtual certainty, but NOT the actual document that clearly would satisfy the Irish authorities.
Does anyone know if Ireland is willing to consider documented facts as a substitute for the particular required certificate? I gather it's common knowledge that record keeping in those days––especially among rural families--was not perfectly accurate. I would hate to start the process if this looks to be a likely failure.
Thanks!
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