Dear listers. >From what I can see, this site www.irishgenealogy.ie leads to the Central Signposting Index which was, I think, the forerunner of the Irish Family History Foundation IFHF (County Heritage Centres). Currently the irishgenealogy.ie site covers 10 counties and in some cases has a little more information on the search results than the IFHF search provides (eg spouse name for marriages). However if you have a 'match' you are directed to the relevant IFHF website for further information (or in some cases, what appears to be a private business). The IFHF sites now cover the majority of Irish counties, including those on the above site, and certainly hold many records. They are 'free' to search after you register. However there is a charge to download any records and at present this is five euro per record. You can check coverage and/or register here: http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/ If/when the Kerry records come online on whichever site, this will be a great addition to the existing resources. The Department's news release is confusing in that it points to irishgenealogy.ie and yet refers to the 'Kerry Heritage Centre' - I cannot find any reference to an existing Kerry Heritage Centre online although there seem to be centres in various towns. I would like to see this clarified to avoid confusion and disappointment. If any lister has more detailed information I would be grateful to have it posted on the list. Regards, Patsy - New Zealand Website: http://www.loanegenealogy.webs.com Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kerry records to be online > Thanks Susan, > > The article refers to Kerry Church records. I wonder if that might > include > parishes in Country Cork within the Diocese of Kerry! Anyway, as pointed > out in one of the comments to the article, "... the website > www.irishgenealogy.ie the article states - no hyphen...". > > www.irishgenealogy.ie > > John >

I went on line yesterday and found great uncles and aunts I didn't know I had. At first I listed a full name and area and got no hits. I then just listed the last name and the parish and got about 100 hits. All of the hits were baptisms. Good luck everyone. -----Original Message----- From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Patricia O'Shea Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:02 PM To: beara@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kerry records to be online Dear listers. >From what I can see, this site www.irishgenealogy.ie leads to the Central Signposting Index which was, I think, the forerunner of the Irish Family History Foundation IFHF (County Heritage Centres). Currently the irishgenealogy.ie site covers 10 counties and in some cases has a little more information on the search results than the IFHF search provides (eg spouse name for marriages). However if you have a 'match' you are directed to the relevant IFHF website for further information (or in some cases, what appears to be a private business). The IFHF sites now cover the majority of Irish counties, including those on the above site, and certainly hold many records. They are 'free' to search after you register. However there is a charge to download any records and at present this is five euro per record. You can check coverage and/or register here: http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/ If/when the Kerry records come online on whichever site, this will be a great addition to the existing resources. The Department's news release is confusing in that it points to irishgenealogy.ie and yet refers to the 'Kerry Heritage Centre' - I cannot find any reference to an existing Kerry Heritage Centre online although there seem to be centres in various towns. I would like to see this clarified to avoid confusion and disappointment. If any lister has more detailed information I would be grateful to have it posted on the list. Regards, Patsy - New Zealand Website: http://www.loanegenealogy.webs.com Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kerry records to be online > Thanks Susan, > > The article refers to Kerry Church records. I wonder if that might > include > parishes in Country Cork within the Diocese of Kerry! Anyway, as pointed > out in one of the comments to the article, "... the website > www.irishgenealogy.ie the article states - no hyphen...". > > www.irishgenealogy.ie > > John > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I dont want to rain on anyones party but............ If for example you see a baptism in ...lets sat Castletownbere...... so and so son of Patrick and Mary Harrington. Im not too sure you can assume it's yours. You have to take into consideration the surname....do you realise how many with this name there were? Find them in the census.......obtain the birth or marriage cert and add to parish record. There were so many with the same name ....for example you could have Patrick, Paudie, Pa, Pat, Patch, Pádraig/h , Podsie Harrington. All of course baptised Patrick but to differentiate from each other. Good luck. PS yes the names of mother and father can be the same too easily. > From: bjmahon31@verizon.net > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:38:35 -0500 > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kerry records to be online > > I went on line yesterday and found great uncles and aunts I didn't know I > had. At first I listed a full name and area and got no hits. I then just > listed the last name and the parish and got about 100 hits. All of the hits > were baptisms. Good luck everyone. > > -----Original Message----- > From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > Behalf Of Patricia O'Shea > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:02 PM > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kerry records to be online > > > Dear listers. > > >From what I can see, this site www.irishgenealogy.ie > leads to the Central Signposting Index which was, I think, the forerunner of > the Irish Family History Foundation IFHF (County Heritage Centres). > Currently the irishgenealogy.ie site covers 10 counties and in some cases > has a little more information on the search results than the IFHF search > provides (eg spouse name for marriages). However if you have a 'match' you > are directed to the relevant IFHF website for further information (or in > some cases, what appears to be a private business). > > The IFHF sites now cover the majority of Irish counties, including those on > the above site, and certainly hold many records. They are 'free' to search > after you register. However there is a charge to download any records and at > present this is five euro per record. You can check coverage and/or register > here: > > http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/ > > If/when the Kerry records come online on whichever site, this will be a > great addition to the existing resources. > > The Department's news release is confusing in that it points to > irishgenealogy.ie and yet refers to the 'Kerry Heritage Centre' - I cannot > find any reference to an existing Kerry Heritage Centre online although > there seem to be centres in various towns. > > I would like to see this clarified to avoid confusion and disappointment. If > any lister has more detailed information I would be grateful to have it > posted on the list. > > Regards, Patsy - New Zealand > > Website: > http://www.loanegenealogy.webs.com > > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:53 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kerry records to be online > > > > Thanks Susan, > > > > The article refers to Kerry Church records. I wonder if that might > > include > > parishes in Country Cork within the Diocese of Kerry! Anyway, as pointed > > out in one of the comments to the article, "... the website > > www.irishgenealogy.ie the article states - no hyphen...". > > > > www.irishgenealogy.ie > > > > John > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Simplify what you do everyday. Find the right PC for you. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop