I have tried twice now to get a birth certificate for my g-grandmother Catharine O'Sullivan (born in Adrigole 1978) without success. They told me that its likely that the birth was never registered. If that is the case, is an Irish passport for my father out of the question?? I know (thru Riobard) that her baptismal records are available. Thanks

Hi Kevin, all, My sister ran into this problem with my grandfather's birth registration. She was able to get some kind of government certificate in lieu of birth registration based on his baptismal certificate. I'm sorry I don't have the exact details concerning the name of the document, but I'd imagine you can get the details from the Irish embassy. Bill Gawne Kevin MacKinnon <kevmac90@msn.com> writes: > > I have tried twice now to get a birth certificate for my > g-grandmother Catharine O'Sullivan (born in Adrigole 1978) without > success. They told me that its likely that the birth was never > registered. If that is the case, is an Irish passport for my father > out of the question?? I know (thru Riobard) that her baptismal > records are available. > Thanks

Kevin, I think you have got your g/gmother's date of birth wrong!!! Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin MacKinnon" <kevmac90@msn.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:16 PM Subject: [BEARA] Birth Certificate - 1878 > > I have tried twice now to get a birth certificate for my g-grandmother > Catharine O'Sullivan (born in Adrigole 1978) without success. They told > me that its likely that the birth was never registered. If that is the > case, is an Irish passport for my father out of the question?? I know > (thru Riobard) that her baptismal records are available. > Thanks > > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1853 - Release Date: 12/17/2008 8:31 AM

Firstly, I presume that your g-grandmother was born in the 1800s rather than in 1978. Was she born in the Parish of Adrigole or in the Townland of Adrigole ? You didn't give the Christian name of her father and the maiden name of her mother --- two absolutely essential pieces of information. If she was born in the year in which I think she was born, there were four Catherine O'Sullivans born in the Adrigole Parish that year. I have her Baptismal records, and her family genealogy if she happens to have been one of the four, but if you happen to want to write to the Parish Priest of Adrigole, his name is Very Rev. Fr. O'Sullivan, a native of Kenmare. No shortage of O'Sullivans around here !! ---- Riobard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin MacKinnon" <kevmac90@msn.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:16 PM Subject: [BEARA] Birth Certificate - 1878 > > I have tried twice now to get a birth certificate for my g-grandmother > Catharine O'Sullivan (born in Adrigole 1978) without success. They told > me that its likely that the birth was never registered. If that is the > case, is an Irish passport for my father out of the question?? I know > (thru Riobard) that her baptismal records are available. > Thanks > > ------------------------------- > 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 am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1971 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Kevin, I had no trouble four years ago submitting a Baptism certificate for my grandfather,(from Waterford City - 1850),as this was all that was available for that period; so hopefully, they would accept Church certification of the Baptism as a replacement for a missing Birth certificate. Geraldine Slattery, Australia. -----Original Message----- From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kevin MacKinnon Sent: Thursday, 18 December 2008 1:17 AM To: beara@rootsweb.com Subject: [BEARA] Birth Certificate - 1878 I have tried twice now to get a birth certificate for my g-grandmother Catharine O'Sullivan (born in Adrigole 1978) without success. They told me that its likely that the birth was never registered. If that is the case, is an Irish passport for my father out of the question?? I know (thru Riobard) that her baptismal records are available. Thanks ------------------------------- 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