"Lynda Tataryn" <ltataryn@moderndigital.net> wrote: : I'm seeking any help in locating the birthplace of my mother's : grandfather, John Francis O'Donnell, born 25 Dec 1936 in Donegal. When Surely you must mean 1836. In which case the birth predates civil registration and your only option for finding a birth record is a baptism. There are heritage centres in almost every county with indexes of parish records which they will search for a fee. The one in county Derry also covers parishes in the Inishowen Peninsula of co. Donegal. See: http://indigo.ie/~donances/ Donegal Family Heritage Centre computerizing parish records Provides search service for a fee See http://tiara.ie/results.htm for customer comments http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/Geneal/Derry.htm Derry Family Heritage Centre computerizing parish records (including Inishowen) Provides search service for a fee See http://tiara.ie/results.htm for customer comments http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/index_do.htm Donegal sources for genealogy http://www.mindspring.com/~dickod/donegal/index.htm County Donegal GenWeb http://www.50megs.com/genealogy/don.html Donegal Genealogy Links http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ Donegal Genealogy Resources http://www.ancestryireland.co.uk/index.php?filename=map_donegal Civil Parishes of County Donegal http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bhilchey/DonegalMain.html Civil Parishes and Townlands of County Donegal http://www.inishowenheritage.com Inishowen Heritage