This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: elsoar Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.may.general/7907.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for sharing these details. I just wanted to make sure you know that it may be cheaper for you to send away for the civil birth certificate from the Irish GRO. For ?6.00 you can get a photocopy of the birth registration record and they will search a two year period for the person you are looking for (ie, by her name, and both her mother and father's names, etc.). For me, I had the year of my ancestor's birth wrong so I ended up charged ?6.00 to be informed there was no record of the person I was looking for in the period 1868-1869 but when I sent another form in looking for the period 1866-1867, they were able to find my Sabina so it cost just ?12.00 total to get what is absolutely the right record with no false starts. See http://www.groireland.ie/docs/BirthEnglishApp.doc Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.