>Would anyone know if records exist for marriages in or around Killarney >in the years 1858-60? You could write to church and ask them to search for marriage cert. Failing that National Library in Dublin have microfilms of catholic church births and marriages up to 1880. U need permission from Bishop to view them but that can be done on day by fax as far as I am aware. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/

Hi Fintan, I got my permission faxed to the National Library, it was fairly simple. I was given a number to phone which I did (from a public phone in the Library), went off somewhere for a couple of hours and when I came back again I was able to view the films for the two parishes I had requested, I am not sure whether I would need to contact them again if I wanted to view any additional films. My feeling though is for people traveling long distances it might be best to get the permission in advance in case of any hiccups like an Eircom strike or something. Civil records for non Catholic marriages do start in 1845 but not the births as far as I am aware. I think all births (and deaths) start in 1864, although I have a few that weren't registered at all. Thanks for the will info, very interesting that some may have escaped the Four Courts fire. Bernie -----Original Message----- From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fintan Sheehan Sent: 06 June 2007 09:18 To: Mary Simpson; IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Marriages in or near Killarney 1858-60 >Would anyone know if records exist for marriages in or around Killarney >in the years 1858-60? You could write to church and ask them to search for marriage cert. Failing that National Library in Dublin have microfilms of catholic church births and marriages up to 1880. U need permission from Bishop to view them but that can be done on day by fax as far as I am aware.