Debby, thank you so much for the LDS # for that reel. WM is Westmeath county. Next I need to learn if there is a Cookstown Superintendent Registrar's District in Dublin. Yes, I could use some enlightenment re barony, district, poor law union.....all rather obsolete in the 21st century. :) Thanks again, Debby Janice Boston In a message dated 8/11/2007 7:35:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: The LDS Film No. for the index of marriages in Ireland 1860-1862 is 0101248. I know this because I have already looked at myself; I do not know if there is a listing of index numbers online. There is a Cookstown outside Dublin near the city of Tallaght. There is also a Cookstown somewhere in Northern Ireland. >When the register indicates a location I thought that was the >BARONY.< I can only tell you that it means the Superintendent >Registrar's District, according to some of the marriage certificates >I have in my possession. I thought this was the same thing as the >Poor Law Union. I did not know that it has any reference to barony. >Perhaps a more knowledgeable person can assist in answering this >puzzler. What's WM? Debby Raymond, Queensland, Australia ------------------------------- 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
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