Yes, Kevin, that is what was I meant - a heritage center similar to Mallow. I cannot, for the life of me, understand what they mean when they constantly use the words "political problem" in connection with heritage centers. This term was used as the reason for closing the Limerick Heritage Center by professional genealogists in Dublin, but they were sure it would open again. I have found that with the heritage centers, once you have done the original search, for a certain overall fee and then a small fee for each record, you can further research your family. Each center is different, but the follow-up searches seem to be reasonable - as far as cost is concerned - to me. When I compare the price of a search to paying for a round trip plane ticket and then a B & B in Dublin, it isn't as unreasonable as people think. I do fly to Dublin and stay at a B & B so I compare the price. Although you say you would charge 25 euros, when people try to contact genealogists to do work for them, the genealogists often have very high prices. I have known of folks to use professionals in Ireland, including Cork. Even though the family was REALLY poor when in Ireland, the genealogist spends time checking wills and deeds and other such things, adding on many hours of research. The person asking for the research isn't aware of how seldom any family is going to have a deed or will. The genalogists should just check at first for church and/or vital records to keep the price down. At 50 euros an hour, research can get expensive. So some people, who cannot afford 50 euros an hour or who cannot take a trip to Ireland, would find the price of a search at a heritage center not to be outrageous. The idea that there are so many records on index cards, ready to be computerized in the West Cork area but not being computerized because of political reasons, seems strange. I am looking for a marriage between Michael Mahony and Mary Grainger/Granger in the West Cork area. When I return to Dublin at some time, I will have to check every single parish register to find this marriage. (I have checked three already). I would be willing to pay a fee to a center where someone could simply look at a computer and pull this record up quickly. I do agree with you that once people found where their families were from, they would want to travel to Ireland to see where their family had lived. Jan