Message text written by INTERNET:IRL-CORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com >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:< If the search for your records seems a bit complicated, you might want to contact Mr. Allen Crosbie at the Cobh Genealogical Project, which does research in Cork C of I records. His email address is mervillecobh@eircom.net but you will need to send your check/cheque by mail. It costs US $30 for most searches. I found that very reasonable for what I got. Unfortunately at the moment you will receive transcriptions only as things are not set up quite yet to make copies from the microfilm. When I first wrote for two McCarthy baptisms and one marriage, I had estimated 1830s dates but did not know the city of Cork church. He wrote: "We have the records for St Anne's, Shandon; St Mary's, Shandon; and St Luke's, Summerhill, on computer and checked these." Since he did not find my McCarthys, he then began scrolling through the microfilm in date ranges: "We have searched the microfilm of St. Nicholas, Cork, and the Caulfield transcript . . . of St Finnbarr's . . . . Finally we tried the microfilm of the registers of Christchurch (often referred to as Holy Trinity) in the city of Cork and finally struck gold!" No mention is made of St Peter's, but I am sure Mr. Crosbie could advise you in an email. This year I used him again with the same family, and he found nearly a dozen more related baptisms. I will say that my requests were made after ten years of research with tombstones, more recent baptisms, marriage and death certificates, city directories, and the 1901 and 1911census. Success also depended on the longevity of one spinster and a very unusual middle name used by the family for generations. All that coupled with the new advantages of google etc on the Internet has led to me discovering three siblings who went to Ohio in the 1850s and '60s, one living descendant (thanks to World Connect), and the amusing story of one Rev John Winspeare McCarthy and his involvement with the Newark Stones. Good luck. Elizabeth W. Knowlton