Hi list, I thought some of you might be interested in these online coming attractions. The valuation records are, to me, the most interesting, but the BMD records are nothing to sneeze at, either. Assuming the promised records actually materialize, of course!! http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/irish-roots-john-grenham-1.1580790 Claire K Sent from my iPhone

Hi Claire, Do they mean the Griffiths Valuation Revision Lists when they say "Valuation Office records"? It is a huge asset, when you are working in NI, to have these and I would love to have them for the RoI. May I take this opportunity to ask a question about BMDs, which always puzzles me, and which refers directly the comments in this article about having a double check. I DO always double check between the BMDs on Familysearch and those on RootsIreland. Actually, it is about far more than double checking. If there is a record of a BMD in the Index to BMDs, then almost invariably, barring errors, it should appear at both Fs and RI, apart from exceptions. And if RI has it, then the record itself should be there, and then one can tease a lot of information out of that record - as I have shown you before, Claire. BUT, I often find that this is not the case. The record is clearly in the FS Index to BMDs, but then does not appear at RI for me to use. It happened no less than three times during one single two hour class I was taking this afternoon, leaving me with egg on my face. So, does RI have all the Civil BMDs, or does it not? Barring the odd mistranscription etc. What happened to me this afternoon happens too often for it to be simply the odd error. Boyd Gray http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Claire K Sent: 11 November 2013 14:49 To: CoTyrone CoTyrone Subject: [CoTyIre] Irish Roots: John Grenham - Heritage News | The IrishTimes - Mon, Nov 04, 2013 Hi list, I thought some of you might be interested in these online coming attractions. The valuation records are, to me, the most interesting, but the BMD records are nothing to sneeze at, either. Assuming the promised records actually materialize, of course!! http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/irish-roots-john-grenham-1.158079 0 Claire K Sent from my iPhone ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for posting that Claire. I saw it last week and have had my fingers crossed ever since. Following up on some of the other comments about the variation among databases, I'll use my own family as an example. My 2nd great grandparents were married shortly before the beginning of Civil Registration. I have found no record of their Church marriage in any of the available databases. The PRONI list of church records for the area has a gap for those years. There were either 8 or 9 children born to Michael and Sarah, with the "extra" child likely being born before Civil Registration. I have found no baptismal record for that child on any of the databases. On ifhf/rootsireland, civil registrations found for 8 children, born between 1864 and 1879. On familysearch, civil registrations found for only 7 of the children - missing the eldest known, born 1864. On emeraldancestors, only 5 civil registrations found. On ancestry, 7 civil registrations found. On microfilm I found all 8 civil birth registrations. On the Civil Birth transcription for my GGM, on RootsIreland, the "Date of Baptism" blank contains the date of her civil registration, so I doubt that is actually the date of her baptism. Margaret -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Claire K Sent: Monday, 11 November, 2013 9:49 AM To: CoTyrone CoTyrone Subject: [CoTyIre] Irish Roots: John Grenham - Heritage News | The Irish Times - Mon, Nov 04, 2013 Hi list, I thought some of you might be interested in these online coming attractions. The valuation records are, to me, the most interesting, but the BMD records are nothing to sneeze at, either. Assuming the promised records actually materialize, of course!! http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/irish-roots-john-grenham-1.158079 0 Claire K Sent from my iPhone ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message