Hi PJ! I think you're filling out the forms for complete legal certs which cost about €15, when all you need are genealogical copies at €6 a piece. As far as I know the PPS # is akin to your US SSN. No idea what civil status means. You don't need to fill out forms for genealogical copies. Just request them either by fax or via the postal service, giving as much information as you have. I always include a copy & paste version of the record index from family search - which includes names as found on the record, & volume & page number. Best of luck Pat! Hilda

Thanks, Hilda, Being an impatient Type A, I had already mailed the GRO form requesting two 10-Euro full long forms, which I found at this site http://www.groireland.ie/apply_for_a_cert.htm "Full (Long Form) This is a full copy of the registered entry and can be used for most legal and administrative purposes. €10.00" After reading your message, I went back to the form's instructions and saw this note: "Note 2 Photocopies of entries in the registers are also available at a cost of €6.00, (additional copies - €4.00). These contain exactly the same information as a Certificate but are only of use for research purposes." So you told me that this 4-Euro form is acceptable for our purposes. Thanks for that info. I also like your practice of attaching a copy of the familysearch result (and in my case, Ancesty result) with your request. PJ > Hi PJ! > I think you're filling out the forms for complete legal certs which cost > about €15, when all you need are genealogical copies at €6 a piece. > As far as I know the PPS # is akin to your US SSN. No idea what civil > status means. > > You don't need to fill out forms for genealogical copies. Just request > them either by fax or via the postal service, giving as much information > as you have. I always include a copy & paste version of the record index > from family search - which includes names as found on the record, & volume > & page number. > > Best of luck Pat! > Hilda > ****************************** > Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County > Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message