http://members.tripod.com/~brensisk/index.html http://www.from-ireland.net/ http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/ldspars.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurchrecords/index.html http://www.askaboutireland.ie/show_narrative_page_by_place.do? page_id=3066 http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlmahs/ Above are some websites which might help, especially the first one. Also always Google your name and place. (ie Google "Ahem Cloyne" or "Ahem Knockanore"). And be very imaginative about the spelling of the name. Most 19th century RCs in Cork were illiterate. Where do you live? If you live in the south of US, it might be worth a trip to Birmingham Alabama to look at the Casey index (see URL below). There are some places around the world that have the full Casey index books. Its worth checking to see if there is a full set of the index at a library near you. Many specialist Irish libraries have them. As far as I know it has ever been microfilmed, not even by the LDS church. It is a marvelous index for both RC and Protestant records of Co Cork. I am not sure but I think it covers some of your Cloyne area too. http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/igsi_published/casey.htm http://library.samford.edu/about/special.html I would also suggest that a trip to the National Library in Dublin would be useful. They have many of the RC parish registers for Co Cork. You can see their catalogue online: http://www.nli.ie/ Also a trip to Salt Lake City to see these restricted films you've seen would help too. Once you get too far along with family history research, it invariably involves travel in order to advance. The same advice applies to you too, Joe. Bon voyage, Kae Lewis On Jul 9, 2006, at 10:39 PM, KaySlainte@aol.com wrote: > Hi Kae; > > I know my ancestors were Roman Catholics. Unfortunately my maternal > ancestors were all living in the Cloyne diocese. The only places I > found them were in the 1788 religious census and the 1901 and 1911 > census'. Very limited info. > Most of my information came from my cousins still living there; > > For a fee I received info from the Mallow Heritage Center about my > great grandfather,Cornelius Ahern and his children {info that I had > sent to them} for another $85.00 they will give me anything they > have on his wife. > They were very prompt and did have his parents names & DOB. > > I volunteer at the local FHC and if I find any microfilm for this > Cork area, it's restricted. Very frustrating. There are hundreds of > RC parish records available throughout Ireland but not for Cloyne > nor for Knockanore, Waterford area. > > Do you know of any other place I can find Roman Catholic parish > records? Any help will be appreciated. > > Regards, Kay