Thank you Cara. I think I have worked out that they can be physically inspected at the GRO for a fee of €2 spanning 5 years or €20 for an all-day search. Ref. http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm. If anyone knows differently please let us know. In my experience, the earlier records, at least, are basically extracts or copies of standardised parish register entries of all denominations (for church events). Bill -----Original Message----- From: Cara [mailto:cara_links@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, 13 October 2012 11:43 AM To: 'Bill' Subject: RE: [IRL-DUBLIN] Civil Registration records Yes Bill any film the library has is free for you to peruse. Subject to house rules of Library, go to the national library site and look at their pdf files for parishes downloadable and useful. Parish Registers The main source for genealogical research in the Library is Roman Catholic Parish Registers. The Library holds microfilm copies of the records of most Roman Catholic parishes in Ireland for the years up to 1880 and in some cases to 1900. For further information on these registers, please read our Family History information leaflet entitled Parish Registers in the National Library of Ireland which can be downloaded here: http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx Family History - Parish Registers (1.10 MB, Adobe PDF) The Library has produced a list of the parish registers and their microfilm call numbers. Parishes are listed alphabetically by diocese along with the dates of the registers in each parish. To assist your research when you visit the Library, we have made the parish register list, divided into four parts, available for download: Parish Register List : Achonry - Cloyne (1.12 MB, Adobe PDF) Parish Register List : Cork - Dublin (1.02 MB, Adobe PDF) Parish Register List : Elphin - Killaloe (1.18 MB, Adobe PDF) Parish Register List : Kilmore -Waterford (1.36 MB, Adobe PDF) -----Original Message----- From: irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: 13 October 2012 07:43 To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Civil Registration records I have used FHL films to research in these records. However, can they be freely inspected either physically or on film at a Dublin library? Thanks. Bill ****************************** 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2740 / Virus Database: 2601/5827 - Release Date: 10/12/12