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