Hi Karen, The Genealogy Center in Killarney is not a research facility. It is a place where you can apply for a birth, death or marriage certificate if you have all the names and dates. They will take the application and the fee there and send you the certificate in the mail. They told me they were backed up. It is a small office on the grounds of the St. Columbanus Home (Nursing home) and it's located off the N22 at the top of Rock Street in Killarney. I would try and contact them from here and even apply for the certificates and save yourself a trip. I went to the Kerry County Library in Tralee in September and found the Catholic church records for Knocknagoshel and Currow, County Kerry which is where my O'Connor ancestors are from. They were freely available to me. If you go to the parish priests you will need a letter of permission from the Bishop of Kerry to view the records and you will have to set up an appointment with the parish priest. I'd get in touch with the Library first and find out if the records you are looking for are available there and if so, go there and view them. The people are very nice and very helpful. However, the library is hard to find but well worth it when you get there. I think their hours are 10:30 -1:00 and 2:00 to 5:00. Tralee Library (Kerry County Library) Moyderwell Tralee, County Kerry (Tel. when in Ireland) - 066-71-21200 Email: _tralee@kerrycolib.ie_ (mailto:tralee@kerrycolib.ie) Hope this helps. Pat McHale ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com