For those of you who are familiar with ordering certificates this will be old school to you. For those who haven't and are wondering about how to, or whether it's worth it, here is my first experience. I have successfully done it! Ordered and received two death certificates for 1880 and 1884. Thank-you Maggie for introducing me to Brian Freeman at the Drumcondra Church. Brian very kindly found the headstone to the grave where my Mrs ENGLISH and two of her daughters are buried. Brian also located the burial entries which I used to to find locate what I hoped to be their death registration detail in the Irish deaths Index on the LDS microfiche available at NZ Soc of Genealogists. I downloaded the 'Application for Death Certificate' from http://www.groireland.ie/docs/DeathEnglishApp.doc and filled out the form. I still don't know what the PPS Number is, but I recorded the volume and page number, with the 'Quarter ended' info on this line. In section 3 I ticked the 'Specified Services' box and added below 'photocopy of entry in the Register of Deaths (for genealogy purposes only). I was charged 8Euro for both entries which equated to just under NZ$18. My forms were received the 3 Feb and posted airmail on the 8 Feb, to arrive to our rural delivery NZ letterbox 18 Feb. I think that not too bad. The first certificate isn't my ancestor as the date of death is 6 months after my relative. I suspected she might not be because I was looking for a 79 yr old Anna Eliza ENGLISH that I expected to have died in Nth Dublin. The closest entry I found was a 79 yr old Elizabeth that died in the North. The second certificate was for Mary Hesther ENGLISH and is definitely my relative. The information given on the certificate is -the District and Union. -Date and Place of Death -Name and Surname -Sex -Condition (which surprisingly is the term for married/unmarried) -Age Last Birthday -Rank, Profession, or Occupation -Certified Cause of Death and Duration of Illness -Signature, Qualification, and Residence of Informant ( this listed my Cecilia MARSHALL, sister of deceased, present at death, Belfast) -When Registered Hopefully this will help somebody. Best wishes from pre-autumn Warkworth Regards Julie Now, wh -Signature of Registrar.