The O'Kief, etc. volumes are available on microfiche through the Family History Centres. I have used them and found them reasonably legible. Sharon Haggerty Vancouver, BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne" <ym2me@tsn.cc> To: <IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 4:02 PM Subject: RE: Book information > Hello Bonnie, > > Some years ago, I spent a lot of time at the State Library of New South > Wales, in Sydney, going through the "O'Keif, etc" volumes, extracting > Toomey > information. It was a huge job even though there are indexes as the > indexes > are not perfect. Basically, these books contain information about > families > in the West Cork and East Kerry area of Munster, Ireland and in many > instances are transcripts of the surviving church records, including the > Roman Catholic Church. Some of these were originally written in Latin and > are open to the vagaries of translation. In many instances these books > contain the only information available in many rural parishes of southern > Ireland. > > Because they are transcripts, it is likely they would contain dates and > places. However, they can be a bit of a lottery and only by looking at the > volumes will you know if there is more information recorded. > Unfortunately, > I have moved away from Sydney and do not have access to them anymore. Have > you considered trying to contact the person who put the information into > Ancestry.com? > > I wish you the best with your research. > > Regards...Rex Toomey > Port Macquarie NSW > Australia > > -----Original Message----- > From: B1house@aol.com [mailto:B1house@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, 28 July 2006 11:51 AM > To: IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Book information > > Dear listers: > > On Ancestry.com I have found a reference to a marriage in 1815 between > James > > PURVIS and Elizabeth PATTERSON in the Diocese of Cork & Ross. The book > that > > it came from is a series of volumes titled "Index of O'Kief, Coshe Mange, > Slieve Lougher and Upper Blackwater in Ireland", 16 volumes, Birmingham, > Alabama, > Knocknagree Historical Fund, 1952, 1971. Authors are Albert Eugene Casey, > Eleanor L. Downey-Prince, and Ursula Dietrich. > > Is anyone out there familiar with these volumes? My question is whether > it > is worth paying a research fee to a library to check this marriage to see > if > > there is further information, such as exact date, exact location, etc. I > have > located the volumes in several libraries but there is a fee for research > and > > hate to pay $25 to find out what is on Ancestry.com is all there is. > > Any suggestions are appreciated. > > Bonnie House > > > ==== IRL-CORK Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb in data acquisition > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >