Tim, Ireland was divided up into five regions. That is the number that is referred to in the index. At least in Region 2, there seems to be another division, which I haven't figured out yet, but it divides the volume in two. Don't know if that is true for Region 4 (which cover Galway and Clifden), but wouldn't be surprised to find that is the case. Within each of these sub-regions, the data was again divided up by Poor Law Union which appear in aphabetical order. Within each Poor Law Union there are registration districts which appear in aphabetical order, about four or five to a Poor Law Union. Note: I have found some of the registation districts out of order and at the end of the film for Volume 2. At least with the FHL organization, which I suspect comes from the GRO's organization, there are 20 films per year for births, marriages, and deaths for the timeframe you are looking at. Film 1 for a year is for Region 1, 1st quarter. Film 2 is for Region 2, first quarter. Film 3 is for Region 3, first quarter. Film 4 is for Region 4, first quarter. Film 5 is for Region 5, first quarter, Film 6 is for Region 1, second quarter. And it continues. Region 1 would have films 1, 6, 11, 16 for their respective quarter. Region 2 would have films 2, 7, 12, and 17 for their respective quarters. Region 4 would have 4, 9, 14, and 19 for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarter respectively. You can order FHL 476999, which will give a list of townlands for the 1871 Census as well as the Poor Law Unions, Registration Districts, and electoral districts. Sue Richart -----Original Message----- From: tim berry [mailto:timothytberry@yahoo.ca] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:44 PM To: IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GALWAY] Extracting records from LDS films for Galway Greetings, Has anyone on list had experience with transcribing or pulling data for a specific townland in Ireland from the bmd records microfilmed by the LDS or from the GRO in Dublin? I am attempting to try and do so for an area in Clifden...my goal is to gatther ALL the births and marriages (regardless of surname)which occurred in 2 specific townlands in this district from 1864-1870. Then I will transcribe the full deatails of the event and upload them. My dilemma is in finding which volumes hold which townlands within the Clifden District. Per the Birth and Marriage Indexes through the LDS, it appears that the registrations for events in the each District are catologued in multiple Volumes.... Has anyone discovered the 'rule' as to how the GRO grouped and catalogued the records when they were collected from the local Dispensaries? Your assistance would be most welcommed and appreciated, Tim --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== Join an Ireland list that discusses Irish genealogy, history, and culture. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND.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