Barbara, That's what they called "improvements"! But the good news is that the data is still there. Click on Search and then select the database you want to search. That's where you'll find the link to Church Records you seek. I'd qualify your comment about favourite site. I'd say "ONLY" site for Kerry records. But when you look closely it only has records from 1820 and does not cover all parishes. I used it yesterday, but it doesn't seem to be loading at the moment. Perhaps they are doing maintenance. Peter

Peter, Barbara. I don't know for sure, of course, but I believe the site does include all surviving RC diocese of Kerry records, up to about the very early 1900s. Some parishes were started later in the 19th century, others have had records lost, damaged, or even some, as I understand, are virtually unreadable.  There were a few parishes where records began as early as the 1780s, but few outside of the larger towns such as Killarney. Most of Kerry was remote, mountainous and very poor.   Paul ________________________________ From: Peter R Booth <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> To: IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] What has happened to the site "Irish Genealogy" Barbara,     That's what they called "improvements"!  But the good news is that the data is still there.     Click on Search and then select the database you want to search. That's where you'll find the link to Church Records you seek.     I'd qualify your comment about favourite site. I'd say "ONLY" site for Kerry records. But when you look closely it only has records from 1820 and does not cover all parishes.     I used it yesterday, but it doesn't seem to be loading at the moment. Perhaps they are doing maintenance.     Peter _______________ ---------------        Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html                                                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. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff!  If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance.  Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- 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

Has anyone been able to access those church records yet? I haven't. I was wondering if they were planning on charging for them in the future?? I needed that link working for a class I'm teaching on Irish Internet Research this coming week......Thanks to those of you who have responded with your comments on this...Peter, Paul, and others. I learn from all of you! Barbara L. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Keroack Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 8:57 PM To: Peter R Booth ; IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] What has happened to the site "Irish Genealogy" Peter, Barbara. I don't know for sure, of course, but I believe the site does include all surviving RC diocese of Kerry records, up to about the very early 1900s. Some parishes were started later in the 19th century, others have had records lost, damaged, or even some, as I understand, are virtually unreadable. There were a few parishes where records began as early as the 1780s, but few outside of the larger towns such as Killarney. Most of Kerry was remote, mountainous and very poor. Paul ________________________________