Deb....I totally agree with " if the reference you have in the marriage index states Cookstown, then I strongly suspect it is Cookstown in Northern Ireland you should be looking at." And coupled with the fact that RC marriages were not required to be registered until a much later date 1864. I had initially learned that the index included marriages from 1845 but now I learn that was primarily protestant marriages......I'm quite certain the entry I was asking about is NOT mine. . I had searched those indexes in 2005 or 2006 at the Dublin city library and I was reviewing my notes recently. I 'knew' about the above info then....but my 'desperate hopefulness' ...I tried to 'charge down that lane....just in case.'. Oh well, thank you all for your help and guidance. My Dublin ancestors that I have found are ALL Dublin south.... Again, Thanks, Debby Janice Boston In a message dated 8/12/2007 5:22:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: There isn't a Superintendent Registrar's District called Cookstown in Dublin, though from a recent post there seems to be one of that name in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Dublin, being a large city, was divided into two registrar's districts, Dublin North and Dublin South. I've looked up my copy of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors by John Grenham, second edition, and I think the old townland of Cookstown near Tallaght would fall in the parish of Rathfarnham in the Registrar's District of Dublin South. However, if the reference you have in the marriage index states Cookstown, then I strongly suspect it is Cookstown in Northern Ireland you should be looking at. Debby ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour