GKM wrote: > <Patscga@aol.com> wrote in message news:a3.7d76b168.3082507e@aol.com... > > >>I went to the local LDS library and got access to birth records for all >>of >>Ireland in the pre 1922 time frame. >> >>How far back do the records go? > > > http://www.genfindit.com/ibirths.htm shows an index of births from 1864 to > 1921. > > This is followed by a whole lot of microfilm numbers with labels such as > births volumes 1 to 20 for 1864, and likewise many volumes for each year to > 1955. I haven't actually seen any of the latter, and don't know how they > differ from the indexes at the start. (OK, indices!) Can someone here tell > us please? > > GKM > > Hi, From what I understand the difference is the Index's are just that an index for the given year of all Births or Marriages or Deaths. The Birth, Marriage & Death volumes are the record event ( date of Birth in this case).