Dear Listers I have returned to the link in the original posting http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/ and it takes me directly to a page which says (in part): "The C.S.I (Central Signposting Index) will point you to the local county based IFHF genealogy centre that may hold the records you seek." The State records are fine (especially now that the indexes are available courtesy of LDS) but they extend only from 1864 for RC and 1845 for non-RC marriages. Many of our researchers' families had left Ireland by that time so they just don't appear there. I could rebut several other statements but it has been said already. Regards, Patsy - New Zealand <snip> With regard to my last email, as I stated church records are private records and there is no onus on the church to release them. I would encourage people to use the state records system instead. The website I mentioned is our official government website - irishgenealogy.ie. This is a 'one stop shop' for genealogy in Ireland. > It is in-correct for you to state that it is the predecessor of the IFHF > site. It has no connection to it. And it is a free > service.