" FEES PAYABLE BY THE PUBLIC TO OIFIG AN ARD - CHLARAITHEORA (GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE) (as per Statutory Instruments; S.I. No. 766/05, S.I. No. 767/05 and S.I. No. 769/05) NOTE: All Fees are in EURO (€), the legal currency of the Republic of Ireland. 1. Certificates: Including particular Search Fees Extra copies Birth Certificate €10.00 €8.00 Death Certificate €10.00 €8.00 Marriage Certificate €10.00 €8.00 Short birth Certificate €10.00 €8.00 Authentication of an Existing certificate €10.00 €10.00 Search and photocopy of entry in the Register €6.00 €4.00 Reference information consists of Year, Quarter, Volume and page No. 2. Search Fees: Particular Search: €2.00 A Search (in the public Research Room, Joyce House by the applicant) over a period not exceeding five years for any given entry. The Fee for each particular search is €2.00. General Search: €20.00 Search (in the Research Room Joyce House by the applicant) through the indexes to Births, Deaths or Marriages during any number of successive hours not exceeding seven. (Fee does not include the cost of certificates or photocopies). 3. Authentication of an existing certificate: €10.00 Search and Photocopy of entry in the Register: €6.00 Additional Photocopies: €4.00 " I find the above GRO's schedule of fees somewhat confusing in that, for example, it indicates that the fee for a certificate (Item#1) is 10 Euro including the cost of the search. But, if one pays 20Euro for a General Search of seven successive hours ( no mention above of a five day limit - and I find the word 'successive' a bit misleading ) and also provides the full reference detail, is the cost of a certificate less? The same question applies to the cost of a photocopy when one similarly provides the full reference details. I don't understand Item#3 either. As a certificate is exactly that, why would there be a need to have it authenticated ? Anyone know? ***** Reply to the LIST ONLY - Please ***** ***** Thanks for your consideration ***** Pádraig Mór, An Sean Gabhar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 7:03 AM Subject: Re: Research in Ireland > > Sheila Bransfield <Sheila.Bransfield@btinternet.com> said: > >>I don't remember a limit on the number of certs - but then I didn't find >>many I wanted to have copied, so maybe that is why. Of course, you can >>always identify the copies you need while you are there and order them by >>post. I can't remember the cost but no doubt that can be picked up from >>the web. You can always order a copy of the entry first, to identify the >>person, before you order the certificate. > > I don't know if there is any limit on certificates, but unless you have an > extremely uncommon name and location, you are potentially throwing a lot > of money away buying cert's on the strength of the printed index alone. > The five-a-day limit refers to the photocopies of handwritten register > entries that the staff will print out for you. Many times, you will find > that the details from the register show that the entry is not the one you > want. On my last trip to Dublin I went through about thirty requests for > photocopies, spaced over several days, before I identified the right one > to get the certificate. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >