just emailed a request to the Bishop's office in Kerry. Received a reply WITHIN THE HOUR and they will snailmail me written approval to research records in Dublin. I'm currently looking for pre-1850 information on my GG grandfather, Thomas Teahan, and GG grandmother, Ellen Fitzgerald. My question would be.....if I visit the Kerry library and the church in Ardfert, is there anything to be gained by stopping at the Dublin Library?? (we will be there PRIOR to going to Kerry) Doug
Doug The parish records accessible on microfilm at the National Library in Dublin are incomplete. This link shows what is available for Ardfert: http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Kerry&parish=Ardfert&churchid=648 Whether the missing years are available locally at the church, or whether they simply don't exist, I don't know. If you find out, perhaps you could let me/us know. I recently searched the Ardfert parish records at the National Library and have to say they're not easy to decipher; some I just couldn't make out at all. Generally, the older records were the hardest to read. Having said that, it's probably quicker to go through one reel of microfilm than the original records. Hope this helps. Neil Murus aeneus virtus - Virtue is a wall of brass ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Yorke" <dyorke@comcast.net> To: <irl-kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:43 PM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] request to diocese > just emailed a request to the Bishop's office in Kerry. Received a reply > WITHIN THE HOUR and they will snailmail me written approval to research > records in Dublin. > > I'm currently looking for pre-1850 information on my GG grandfather, > Thomas Teahan, and GG grandmother, Ellen Fitzgerald. My question would > be.....if I visit the Kerry library and the church in Ardfert, is there > anything to be gained by stopping at the Dublin Library?? (we will be > there PRIOR to going to Kerry) > > Doug > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message