Jenny what does pdf stand for.  What Parishes do you have? Thanks  Jackie ________________________________ From: Jenny Martin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:38:37 AM Subject: Free availability of Irish Records Hi All, After last weeks discussions on Free availability of Irish Records I made some enquiries and here are some contacts from the National Library of Ireland. Many of you will know of these but those who are from outside of Ireland looking for information may find them useful. Have not had a reply as yet to the last email I sent to Damian. I have received some information leaflets on the Family history resources and services of the National Library that may be useful, also a listing of professional researchers. Those interested in receiving a copy please contact me off list at [email protected]  and I will forward as attachments to you. I have downloaded the Parish registers by Diocese for Ireland. They are pdfs and over 1,000kb so will take a while to download if you are not on broadband. Kind Regards Jenny (NZ) National Library of Ireland - Dublin http://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx  We have quite a lot of information on the Library website re the holdings that relate to family history. A good place to start is the introductory page on the Library website: http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx This is the link to parish registers that the Library holds - it is a listing with the dates that are available for each parish and "researchers need to come in to the Library or have someone come in on their behalf to conduct research". We do not do lookups or research for people. It is arranged by diocese and the parishes are listed alphabetically within each diocese. It is useful for researchers to be aware that diocese, do not always coincide with the county boundaries of Ireland. http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx It may be useful to refer your visitors who may not be sure of the parish origins of family members to this website: http://www.catholicireland.net/parishes/index.php The links to other websites also gives some useful sources that maybe of interest: http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-links.aspx For records related to the Church of Ireland, please see this website: http://ireland.anglican.org/index.php?do=information <http://ireland.anglican.org/index.php?do=information&id=63> &id=63 The General Register Office is the central civil repository for records relating to Births, Deaths and Marriages in Ireland. http://www.groireland.ie/  ------------------------------- 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