Without prior notice, the Irish General Register Office (GRO) doubled their fees for long form birth, marriage, and death certificates from €10 to €20 plus postage effective January 23, 2013 see: http://www.groireland.ie/fees.htm Prior to the increase, the charge for all certificates cost €8, with a €2 fee for searching. The certificates affected are the 'long-form, full copy’ of the registered entry. Do not confuse the long forms with 'research' photocopies that most researchers prefer to buy from the GRO and cost only €4, with a €2 fee for searching. Due to the absence of an online facility via the GRO, many overseas researchers buy the full certificate via www.certificates.ie when possible. GRO (Roscommon or Dublin), the research copy cost €4 a shot, plus €2 if you couldn't provide the full reference number (found in the civil registration indexes). Due to inequities of local offices charging research fees for different amounts, the GRO has instructed the local registration offices to charge only the €4 fee when the reference is provided. Chuck Weinstein Bellport, NY [email protected]