My ancestors were Robert Stevelly and his wife Sarah Stevelly. They were members of St Peters Church, Cork which I understand is now the headquarters of the Cork Genealogical Society. When one of our family visited Cork in about 1912, there was a large waist-high tombstone in the St Peters Churchyard inscribed: "Sacred to the Memory of of Sarah Stevelly, wife of Robert Stevelly who departed this life 11 Jan 1789 aged 66 years. Here lieth the body of Robert Stevelly, who departed this life 12 March 1795, aged 79 years." When I visited St Peters in 1980, this tombstone was gone, and the church was locked and derelict. I was so pleased that it has been reopened as the Cork Vision Center now. It was noted in 1912 that the Vestry Book for St Peters was still there and the following extracts were found at that time: " 25 April 1753, Mr Robert Staveley is appointed sidesman." "15th April 1783, Mr Robert Staveley appointed Church Warden." " 24 March 1788, the gallery sold to Mr Robert Staveley for £15." It was also noted that there was a stained glass window in St Peters commemorating the Staveley/Stevelly family at that time. I have now heard that all the stained glass was removed before the church was deconsecrated. I was wondering if anyone knows whether the above Vestry Book for St Peters has survived and its present whereabouts. Also does anyone knows where the stained glass from St Peters was taken to? I have to assume that the Parish Registers for St Peters were destroyed in 1922 although I would be pleased if someone could confirm that. The Representative Church Body Library in Dublin do not appear to have any parish registers from St Peters? Kae Lewis

Ryan's Irish Records does say that the parish registers for St. Peter's in Cork city were lost, however looking through "Tracing Your Cork Ancestors" by Tony McCarthy & Tim Cadogan (there are several sources on the web where you can buy the book) I found the following: Church of Ireland Parishes of Cork, page 62, Cork City Parishes: St. Peter's; Baptisms 1745-1802. Marriages 1751-1809. Location of records: ML. Pages 59-60 give source details for irish C of I records, ML is: "The fourth list is that produced by Michael Leader ML and published in an article entitled: 'Transcripts of County Cork Parish Registers' in The Irish Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 5". I found this site for the magazine, you may have a library nearby which would have it also, I don't know the year of publication for the above edition: http://www.igrsoc.org/#Genealogist A Google search gave several links with details from The Irish Genealogist. Colman Ahern, Berkeley.