Hello. I'm wondering if anyone can assist me in learning how to get information on my Irish-born ancestors. I have them in the United States but do not know how to get their birth information from Ireland. I have heard that the Ireland records are gone (burned, lost?). What I know from the U.S. censuses is this: Catherine Newman born in Longford, County of Leinster, Ireland May 1839 Thomas Fox same as above but born about 1829 Never found the following ancestors in the census but found their son, Denis Hurley, who was born in England and moved to New York: Thomas Hurley born (County Cork?) about 1818 Julia (LNU) born (County Cork) about 1816 Not much to go on, I know, and I'm using County Cork only because my dad used to point to the map of Ireland and tell us our grandparents were from there. Thanks for any replies. Celia Ewald