I suggest some of you take a good look at British passports. >From my memory I saw a few in the 70's and 80's and on the cover it read ........ "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" Ireland was never part of Britain like Wales, Scotland etc. In the WWI conscription was obv. there for England , Scotland and Wales...... Ireland was very different. Nothing to do with passenger lists etc. but still. As for Irish records........it's a tad over used phrase stating the records aren't there. Civil registration , Parish records and a few other sources are there in abundance. The biggest problem searching for your Irish ancestors is that you haven't a clue where they came from...... it's like me coming to this list and saying my Gx3 is John Smith.....i haven't a clue where he's from but Im so frustrated that he can't be found. Censuses pre 1901 were destroyed......the British are to blame pre 1881......and a stray shot in the Civil war destroyed the rest. Anyway....that's my in put on the subject. Regards. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969

By the Act of Union of 1801 the Irish Parliament was suppressed and representation transferred to Westminster. As Ireland became a Free State on 6 December 1922, it is not surprising that passports of 70s and 80s just said Northern Island Stan Mapstone On 26 July 2010 11:30, Kevin Mc Cormack <raglanroad22@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I suggest some of you take a good look at British passports. > > > > >From my memory I saw a few in the 70's and 80's and on the cover it read > ........ "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" Ireland was > never part of Britain like Wales, Scotland etc. > > > > In the WWI conscription was obv. there for England , Scotland and > Wales...... Ireland was very different. > > > > Nothing to do with passenger lists etc. but still. > > > > As for Irish records........it's a tad over used phrase stating the records > aren't there. > > > > Civil registration , Parish records and a few other sources are there in > abundance. > > > > The biggest problem searching for your Irish ancestors is that you haven't > a clue where they came from...... it's like me coming to this list and > saying my Gx3 is John Smith.....i haven't a clue where he's from but Im so > frustrated that he can't be found. > > > > Censuses pre 1901 were destroyed......the British are to blame pre > 1881......and a stray shot in the Civil war destroyed the rest. > > > > Anyway....that's my in put on the subject. > > > > Regards. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My husband was on business in Dublin for a week last year so I joined him with a view to looking at the Irish part of my family tree, gt, gt grandparents who moved to the North East in 1845. I had the county and even the town from word of mouth. I went to the The National Library of Ireland in Kildare Street, Dublin. To look at the Parish Records you must have permission from the bishop of that diocese. That was straightforward, just ringing his secretary and they faxed authorisation direct to the Library. I searched the records for Cobh, Cork but no trace of my family. I talked to a very helpful man in the library and he told me that when they were asked where they'd came from in Ireland, many gave the port of departure which in most cases was Queenstown (there is a wonderful museum there), now Cobh, Cork). Kevin is right. There are lots of parish records there, but not many public records. Doreen Lambert

Dear Doreen, The diocese of Cloyne were very fussy regarding viewing of records........ thankfully this practice came to an end......I d say shortly after your visit. regards. > From: doreenlambert@btopenworld.com > To: dur-nbl-l@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:30:11 +0100 > Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] Arriving from Ireland > > My husband was on business in Dublin for a week last year so I joined him > with a view to looking at the Irish part of my family tree, gt, gt > grandparents who moved to the North East in 1845. I had the county and even > the town from word of mouth. > > I went to the The National Library of Ireland in Kildare Street, Dublin. > > To look at the Parish Records you must have permission from the bishop of > that diocese. That was straightforward, just ringing his secretary and they > faxed authorisation direct to the Library. I searched the records for Cobh, > Cork but no trace of my family. > > I talked to a very helpful man in the library and he told me that when they > were asked where they'd came from in Ireland, many gave the port of > departure which in most cases was Queenstown (there is a wonderful museum > there), now Cobh, Cork). > > Kevin is right. There are lots of parish records there, but not many public > records. > > Doreen Lambert > > > > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969