Kathy, RD is the abbreviation for Registration District and is used for the civil recordation of birth, marriage, or death events as opposed to the recordation of same in parish registers. Deborah In a message dated 3/26/2008 6:40:57 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, littlehouseantiques@att.net writes: I've been running across parishes with R.D. after them (Bruree R.D., Bruff R.D., etc) These parishes are different than just Bruree, or Bruff as those parishes are listed separately. Does anyone know what the R.D. stands for? Here in the US it would probably mean Rural Delivery but I've not a clue as to what it stands for in Ireland. Thanks! **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)