Patricia (and other repliers), Thanks for your time. The Emerald Ancestors website is grand compared to some of the other internet sources for records from NI. I paid the (almost) $20US for a month just to see what I can mine out of the site. Before I caught a glimpse of your posting on this email list I was ordering record views from Ancestry Ireland.com for about $12US a view. I would still need to order vitals after that cost anyway. I may need to take out a genealogy mortgage to cover all of this research. I'm sure that either of these websites may be of more help when the researcher has enough definitive information on a particular relative. I am lacking the maiden names and in many cases the first names of many of my Hawthorne and Bell family women. It makes it impossible to be sure if I am ordering the correct record or not. I can't afford to waste precious dollars that can be spent elsewhere in my quest. Again, I appreciate any assistance from all of the listers. It is mighty hard to search for NI relatives. My UK clan's files are mounting by the day as my Northern Irish relatives keep their identities hidden. It doesn't help that every darn Irishman seems to be named William, John or James and women Elizabeth, Ann or Mary. Damn those Ulster folk! :) Suggestions are always welcome! Eireann > >> In NZ dollars it is triple and that is why I only signed on for a month. >> The >> information I got for myself was sufficient to order 2 marriage >> certificates >> and that cost as much as it does to order from the PRONI and the >> certificates are the same >> >> Sorry I was not of more help to you >> Patricia >>

I have no good suggestions to get around those trees Eireann, but your research points out the fact that research we do for others free of charge costs a lot of money every year. Don Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: <unschool@swfla.rr.com> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] IRL-ANTRIM Digest, Vol 2, Issue 55 > Patricia (and other repliers), > > Thanks for your time. The Emerald Ancestors website is grand compared to > some of the other internet sources for records from NI. I paid the > (almost) > $20US for a month just to see what I can mine out of the site. Before I > caught a glimpse of your posting on this email list I was ordering record > views from Ancestry Ireland.com for about $12US a view. I would still need > to order vitals after that cost anyway. I may need to take out a genealogy > mortgage to cover all of this research.