I hate to ask again but every few years I hope there evolves a alternative method or resource(s) to researching the Church Records of the Cashel Emly Parish in Clonmore/Templemore Tipp Irl. I am wondering are the records in Dublin available yet or are still being held from public view? Has there finally become one source to go to for research in Southern Tipp? And has it been made more affordable for the less affluent or has the price worsened with the Dollar/Pound/Euro exchange debacle? Has the Church lessened ( loosend) its grip on old Parish Records or does the Bishop still have an Iron grip on them? Any up to date and accurate information much appreciated, any comments deleted!! Thanks Tipp Ancestor --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

Hi, It's still the same unfortunately and they won't allow access to the microfilm copies as well as the originals. However, I have discovered a way that might be slightly cheaper. Instead of commissioning the whole research, I have just applied for a single record search- which will involve looking for my ancestor, and not his brothers and sisters- it cost me E18. So I will get his parents names and date of birth/baptism, which is enough to confirm whether he is there or not. I know I will eventually have to check his brothers and sisters- but as they're not essential to further research I will wait until there is a change in policy! Other than that, try wills and Griffiths/tithes. Census returns if they are later ancestors (1901/1911) or estate records in the National Library or Archives if you're lucky. If you get stuck there really is no alternative, but what I have done over the years is to concentrate on other branches of the family that don't come from Tipperary. Incidently I have since found out that our Tipperary family weren't Catholic anyway! Vicki >From: Gary Barnes <familyresearcher77@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com >To: irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com, Irl Tipp <IRL-TIPPERARY-L@rootsweb.com>, > County Tipperary <CoTipperary-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [IRL-TIPPERARY] Alternatives to Cashel / Emly Research >Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 12:22:07 -0700 (PDT) > > > >I hate to ask again but every few years I hope there evolves a alternative >method or resource(s) to researching the Church Records of the Cashel Emly >Parish in Clonmore/Templemore Tipp Irl. > > I am wondering are the records in Dublin available yet or are still >being held from public view? > > Has there finally become one source to go to for research in Southern >Tipp? And has it been made more affordable for the less affluent or has >the price worsened with the Dollar/Pound/Euro exchange debacle? > > Has the Church lessened ( loosend) its grip on old Parish Records or >does the Bishop still have an Iron grip on them? > > Any up to date and accurate information much appreciated, any comments >deleted!! > > Thanks > > Tipp Ancestor > > >--------------------------------- > All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done >faster. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-TIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message