Hi Marie, Thank you, this is helpful. Do you know if I need to know the name of the Parish? I only know that he was born in Killarney and he was Catholic--does that help narrow down where I might find the records? Thanks, Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Wallace" <mkatonak@mindspring.com> To: "Donna Russell" <donnarussell5@comcast.net>; "Kerry List" <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Killarney > Hi Donna, > > You have not given yourself enough time for any really good research, but > my recommendation is that you fly in Kerry Airport, go to the Catholic > Church OFFICE and ask them if the holder of the chuch records could help > (usually the deacon)locate any information for you. He keeps the records > in the vestry behind the altar. DO NOT MENTION THAT YOU ARE DOING > GENEALOGY WORK! It turns them all off on Americans and they clam up on > you. We were fortunate that my husband was applying for his Irish > Citizenship and needed the records of his grandparents and great > grandparents. > > BE AWARE! Nobody in Ireland wants you to see the church records without > "crossing their palms with GOLD"! When my husband and I went they would > only pull out the printouts that the Mormons had done and I had already > gotten all the information from the LDS records before going. > > GOOD LUCK! > > Marie > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Donna Russell <donnarussell5@comcast.net> >>Sent: Sep 2, 2007 11:45 AM >>To: Kerry List <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> >>Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Killarney >> >>Hi Everyone, >>Now that summer is coming to an end, vacation is over, and school supplies >>have been purchased, I am ready to get back on the trail of my elusive >>ancestors from Killarney! I have made my reservations--I am in London from >>October 17 through noon on the 20th for a conference and I have booked a >>flight home from London (Heathrow) on Wednesday the 24th. So, I now have >>to decide how much time to spend in Ireland v. London--I have never been >>to either place. I have found flights from Gatwick and Stansted that will >>get me to either Cork or Kerry. I have to return to London very early >>Wednesday morning so I don't have much time. Having never been to either >>place, I'm trying to decide how much time to spend in London before >>heading to Ireland. So, my first question is: what do you recommend? >>Spending most of my free time in Ireland or splitting my time between both >>places? I'd like to take a tour of the city--bus or walking--and at least >>see the British Museum. Is it possible to do t! >> hat in 2 half days? I arrive around noon on Wednesday and, if I'm not too >> exhausted, can do something that day. I also have from noon on Saturday. >> My second question is: Is it better to fly into Cork and drive to >> Killarney and see some more of the country, or fly straight into the >> Kerry Airport? >> >>Finally, I have not gotten any closer to finding my g-grandmother's maiden >>name. But I did see in the Family Search database a baptism that might be >>my g-uncle. The problem is that I have no idea what to do next! I don't >>know what possible information might be contained in these records. Would >>it list other children and their birth dates? If so, I would hope to find >>my g-grandmother since she was 2 years older than him. Here is what I >>found (I've bolded the text that have links to follow): >> >>JN Sullivan, Male >>Christening: 25 AUG 1849 Roman Catholic, Killarney, Kerry, Ireland >>Parents: >>Father: TY. Sullivan >>Mother: Ellen Kelly >> >>Messages: >>Extracted birth or christening record for the locally listed in the >>record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the >>birth or christening event. >> >>Source information: >>Batch No. C700903 >>Date: 1840 >>Source Call No.: 823804-805, 0823809 >>Type: Book >>Printout Call No.: 0883698 >>Type: Film >> >>Batch No.: C700903 >>Dates: 1840-1865 >>Source Call No. 0823804-805, 0823809 >>Type: Film >>Printout Call No.: NONE >> >>Batch No.: C700903 >>Dates: 1865-1875 >>Source Call No.: 0823804-805, 0823809 >>Type: Film >>Printout Call No.: NONE >> >>I am hoping someone can tell me what I need to do to gain access to these >>records and if there is a good strategy for searching. What does it mean >>if there is no printout call number? Any advice will be greatly >>appreciated! At this point, I don't really have any trail to follow once I >>arrive in Killarney. All I know is that my g-grandmother and a brother >>were born there in 1847 and 1849 and their Dad's name. I also know they >>arrived in America in 1866. >> >>Thank you for your help! >> >>Donna >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >