The General Register Office of Northern Ireland has now put their historic civil birth, marriage and death records online.

At the click of a mouse, you can now access births between 1864 and 1913, Catholic marriages between 1864 and 1938, non-Catholic marriages between 1845 and 1938, as well as deaths between 1864 and 1963.

Previously individuals could only search civil birth, marriage and death records could only take place by visiting the Search Room of the General Register Office in Chichester Street, Belfast. Previously entry fees cost £14 per person and certificates cost £15. Now you can search the records for free by setting up an account and purchasing credits at 40p per credit. Viewing a certificate online now costs five credits, making the search for your family history much easier. Records are only available for the six counties of Northern Ireland.

The Facebook Administrator of the Fermanagh Family History Society, Treacy Breen, will give a presentation on how to access the website and find family history records at the next meeting of Fermanagh Family History Society this Saturday, October 25 in Enniskillen Library at 2.15pm.

At the end of the meeting around 3pm, the talk on ‘Using GRONI online records’ will take place.

A small fee of £3 is charged at the door at meetings for non-members. Alternatively you can subscribe to an annual fee of single membership of £20; Joint membership of £25 and Concessionary Membership of £15.

Membership to the Fermanagh branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society entitles you to a free copy of the NIFHS annual journal. For further information on the Fermanagh Family History Society please go to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fermanaghfhs Anyone wanting further information can contact Frank McHugh on 0777 240 2844 or fermanaghfhs@btinternet.com The Fermanagh Family and Local History Fair was held recently at Enniskillen Castle Museums when 18 eighteen exhibitors attended based around the theme of migration. Dr. Johanne Devlin-Trew spoke on migration from Northern Ireland between 1922 and 2011. Professor Jeff Kildea spoke on the Fermanagh Anzacs, those men from Fermanagh who were involved fighting with the Australian and New Zealand Army during the First World War.