In Sept 2004, I was in Ireland and spoke, by phone, to Fr Dempsey from Crookstown. He was very friendly and told me the Kildare Heritage centre had just received the church records. He suggested I contact Fr Thomas Coughlan, Moone Parish with my request for information about my Timolin ancestor. I received a brief note back from him saying "marriage records here in Moone begin only in 1884. Death certificates are always, and only, issued by the registry of Deaths, Lombard (?) Street, Dublin" Just thought this may be of help..... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:29 AM Subject: Re: re Kildare Heritage Center > My experience is that the Kildare Heritage Center does not have church > records. The Bishop refuses to share this information, you must go to the > parish > priest to look at church records. My family came from Crookstown. We met > with > the priest and he opened the records for us. WHen we asked why the Bishop > would not allow the Heritage Center access to the records he said" there > are > still a number of families that live in this area. Some of these records > might > be considered scandalous" My family left in 1878! > > There are records in Dublin as well. All parishes were required to send > copies to the National Archives or Library I'm not sure which... but > you'll have > more fun, and less hassle going to the Parish. > > Joe Walsh > > you know , life is like looking at a playground. You see fights, crying, > screaming, laughing, and playing. Thats the beauty of it... in the end, > it all > works out. > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >