This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VWC.2ACI/1087.2 Message Board Post: Hello Graham, In the event you can't get the 1911 Irish census records on microfilm through LDS, you can research the microfilms at the National Archives in Dublin on Bishop Street. You can also research the 1901 films there. I've heard some LDS Centres have difficulty obtaining the 1911 films. You'll need to get a readers card to use the Reading Room so you'll need to have id with you. There's no fee and there shouldn't be a queue in November. The microfilms in the Readers Room are in a separate room on the right hand side at the rear. The room is staffed and the films are well organised and labeled. There's a large selection of microfilm readers as well as readers with printers. Here's a link with map and hours. http://www.nationalarchives.ie/visit/visit.htm The GRO on the other hand is often quite crowded regardless of season. Here's a link to researching in person as well as the fees involved if you haven't already seen it: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm I recommend getting a good detailed roadmap if you don't already have one. Easons Booksellers on O'Connel Street in Dublin has a large selection of maps. It's just south of the General Post Office and the Millenium Monument on the GPO (west) side of the street. Best wishes for your visit and hopefully you'll find your wife's relations. Regards. Eilís O'Hara