Hi Jenny, Could you also send me a copy of the pdf please. I have broadband. Many thanks for your kindness. Kind regards, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:38 PM 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 >