kazig <kazig@ntlworld.com> said: >I contacted a company that helps get Irish passports & citizenship by a >blood line,i told them my Grandmother was born in Cork & also her mother >was also born in Cork,they emailed me with an answer of,as you are the >great grand child then you don't come into the citizenship category of >this....But as i am a grand child this makes me eligible,i did email them >back mentioning i am a grandchild but got no answer. I wouldn't pay money to have my ancestry researched by someone who couldn't correctly decipher an email. >How can i find out for sure if i'm entitled to have an Irish passport >when they are giving confusing information? Unless the law has been changed very recently, a grandparent born in Ireland (all 32 counties) qualifies you to apply. >I will be visiting Cork in March,so i need to know for sure if i can get >this & where do i go to get it? If the ancestor was born after the start of civil registration in 1864 you want to go to the General Register Office in Dublin. If the person was born prior to 1864 you need to find their baptism in parish records. If the parish was in the Diocese of Cloyne, the Mallow heritage centre can do a search on their computer index, but you should do that now and not wait until March. This is especially useful if you have no firm date of birth or location. If it was in the Diocese of Cork and Ross, I do not think they have a heritage centre up and running yet. In either case, if you know the date and parish you can search the parish records on microfilm at the National Library in Dublin. If you do not already know the date and place of birth of your grandparent, search for their death record, orbituary, tombstone and matrimonial record for clues. See: http://sunsite.unc.edu/gaelic/Eire/7.14.4.html Irish Citizenship requirements http://travel.state.gov/law/dualnationality.html U. S. State Department position on dual citizenship http://www.irelandemb.org/fbr.html Irish Citizenship by Descent info from Embassy of Ireland http://www.irlgov.ie/iveagh/embassies/default.asp Irish Embassies and Consular Offices