The fire in 1922 destroyed the existing pre-1901 censuses (e.g.1821,1831,1841) held at the PRO in Dublin, and I think many old wills, but not the civil registration records from 1.1.1864. I was able to get copies of birth, death, marriage register entries back to 1864 for Monaghan, by asking for a search by post and waiting three weeks or so. They search a year or two back and forward of a date, and need some information on the name to be able to supply a copy of the register entry or a certificate copy. They will supply a leaflet if you write to Joyce House, giving details of services and charges. Best wishes, David O'Daly. >From: Sandra Whittaker <elmoilsw@telusplanet.net> >Reply-To: IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com >To: IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: IRL-MONAGHAN-D Digest V00 #16 >Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 16:21:07 -0800 > >I am confused, I thought that since the 'record office' had burnt in 1922 >there >were no records - or were those only the records for Northern Ireland? And >if >so, would the records for the Parish of Errigal Trough, Emyvale, Glaslough, >Tonynumery, etc. be in Dublin or Belfast? So if I had an ancestor born in >1865 >or married in 1865 in Co. Monaghan I could write the address below and get >the >certificate? What about searches? Thanks for your help, Sandra Whittaker >(Northern Alberta, Canada) > > >"Jean L. Mattox" wrote: > > > As far as I know, there is no ancestry centre in Co. Monaghan where you >can > > gather family histories or records. > > Birth Certificates may be obtained from > > Office of the Register General > > Joyce House > > 8-11 Lombaard Street East > > Dublin 2 > > Republic of Ireland > > > > The fee is 5.5 Irish pounds plus 1.5 pounds for postage. > > The current conversion is about $1.20 per Irish pound - but that changes > > daily. Your bank will charge you an arm & a leg to exchange your dollars > > for pounds but I know of no other way. You could write to ask about >using a > > credit card. I've no knowledge about that. > > Send all info you have in order to give them a better chance to find the > > cert you want. > > > > The records began in 1863 by Brit Decree, so, you won't get birth certs >but > > you may have someone else in your line (a sibling?) that was born >anytime > > during or after 1863. > > > > The names you have don't sound Irish. Were they, perhaps, Scots? What > > church do you s'pose they attended? Some of the RC church records have >been > > filmed. That's how I found my family in Carrrickmacross. > > Have you checked the LDS catalog online to see if they have any info >that > > might help you? > > > > www.familysearch.org > > jean > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com