I was only looking for one record and had a verified date of birth and parish. I was unable to go to Ireland myself so I hired Hilda from Records Ireland and she got me a no trace form and a copy of my grandfather's baptismal certificate. I believe however, that this service is only for records retrieval and not research, you need to have some solid info to go on first. The price was resonable for the priceless information I received. In my opinion, which is far from expert, the GRO claims to have alot more records than they do, I have sent several requests to them over the last couple of years and they have only found one name and it was the wrong one. I do, however, think it's a good idea to try them first by mail before going over to see if you get a positive or negative reply, it would save alot of time and trouble while there. It only costs a euro 90 per request, if they find the record they send you a notice and you decide if you want to pursue further. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phyllis Phillips" <PhyllisM@pobox.com> To: <IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 6:27 AM Subject: [GALWAY] Researching in Ireland > At 12:39 AM 5/5/2005, you wrote: > > > > >>I'm glad you had a better trip to the GRO then I did and I agree about the >>Library they were very helpful there and I just got the wrong staff on the >>day I went to the GRO. But I'm going back next year. So maybe I will have >>better luck in finding my Grandmothers birth record. > > > That happened to me in Boston I had great luck in Vitals and my friend > (Who is a Reynolds) did not > > Phyllis > > > > >> >> >> >>==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== >>Have you traveled or are you planning to travel to Ireland??? >>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Eire_Travel/ >>To unsub or change your Irl-Galway mailing mode: >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-GALWAY.html >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== > NETSCAPE questions or expertise???? > mailto:Netscape-L-request@rootsweb.com > To unsub or change your Irl-Galway mailing mode: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-GALWAY.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >