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    1. [IRL-KERRY] Catholic Church Records vs. Civil Registration
    2. Nancy Schroeder
    3. Hello, I am new to this list and have a question. My grandfather and his eight siblings were all born in County Kerry near Tralee. Several years ago I acquired the Civil Registration records for all their births. I recently found the site where the Catholic Church records are online. I found all these people, but the dates of their births are not the same as on the civil records. Some are different as a few days, some are a couple of weeks. Does anyone know why there is such a discrepancy in birth dates? It seems to me that the church records are probably the correct dates as the baptisms usually occurred within a few days of the birth. Nancy Sheehan Schroeder

    09/15/2010 09:24:16