In a message dated 16/06/2009 11:17:15 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: as in the case of West Cork, mentioned in the email. Cork, Cashel & Emly and Kerry are the main Roman Catholic dioceses where the Bishop has not permitted access. Just my luck that ALL my ancestors came from West Cork( Timoleague area), Cashel & Emly (Pallasgreen area) and Kerry ( Listowel). I have now hit a huge brick wall by not being able to access these records. As mentioned, when names in particular areas are so common then these "heritage" units are only able to help when you can give them the information... which seems to miss the whole point of the reason you are searching. I don't mind paying but dozens of useless searches are not much use to me. In these hard economic times I am truly amazed at their failure to capitalise on the extra benefits that would spring from making these records more widely available. Monica

My Hurley, Donahue & Spillane ancestors were Roman Catholic. I keep hoping the Bishop will have a change of heart and permit access those records. Looks like it will be a longer wait. In the meantime, can someone on the list recommend a few areas for researching the West Cork/Bantry, Glengariff area? Pat On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In a message dated 16/06/2009 11:17:15 GMT Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > as in the case of West Cork, mentioned in the email. > Cork, Cashel & Emly and Kerry are the main Roman Catholic dioceses where > the Bishop has not permitted access. > > > Just my luck that ALL my ancestors came from West Cork( Timoleague area), > Cashel & Emly (Pallasgreen area) and Kerry ( Listowel). I have now hit a > huge brick wall by not being able to access these records. > > As mentioned, when names in particular areas are so common then these > "heritage" units are only able to help when you can give them the > information... > which seems to miss the whole point of the reason you are searching. I > don't mind paying but dozens of useless searches are not much use to me. > > In these hard economic times I am truly amazed at their failure to > capitalise on the extra benefits that would spring from making these > records more > widely available. > > Monica > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >