Hi Sheila, I'm not a newbie but am not familiar with GRO and I do get memory lapse OFTEN. I came across the following: The Royal Irish Constabulary 1816-1921 records: Patrick Bransfield, age 23, birthplace Waterford, marriage yes, enlisted 1887. film # 852088 page # 180B Could he be your Patrick? Birth year 1864 Kay

I agree with Sheila about abbreviations. Some are relatively common but some are not. I think it would be helpful if writers would refrain from using abbreviations. I happen to know what GRO means, but I often see abbreviations that I am not familiar with. I too suffer occasionally from memory lapses. Steve > From: KaySlainte@aol.com > Reply-To: irl-cork@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 11:17:18 EST > To: irl-cork@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Re Research in Ireland at the GRO > > Hi Sheila, > > I'm not a newbie but am not familiar with GRO and I do get memory lapse > OFTEN. > > I came across the following: > The Royal Irish Constabulary 1816-1921 records: Patrick Bransfield, age 23, > birthplace Waterford, marriage yes, enlisted 1887. > film # 852088 > page # 180B > Could he be your Patrick? Birth year 1864 > > Kay > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message