Dear friends of Beara, Passing this item along. I just saw it on the Carlow mailing list. Recently, the site Findmypast.ie added 21m birth, marriage and death certificates to its records, bringing the total number to more than 60m. Tomorrow, 24 January, the site will open up these records to visitors for free as part of a promotion of its first Irish Family History Day, which it hopes will become an annual event. A promo code will be released tomorrow to grant curious family researchers access to the vast collection of records. See more at: http://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-media/item/31153-free-access-to/ -- Bill