Mary, Thanks. I hadn't thought of that. The book I bought in Waterford just had a list of "Parishes" with addresses. Because of that I was assuming that the list was of Catholic Church Parishes in Waterford County (and the city), and that the churches maintained the records for their parish. Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary M Twigg To: IRL-WATERFORD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [WATERFORD] WATERFORD Barry, Considering the word "parish" has multiple meanings ... a) church congregation i) Catholic ii) Protestant b) a geographic area of townlands within a barony could you clarify what you need, thanks. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ==== IRL-WATERFORD Mailing List ==== Please visit Ireland Genealogy Projects (IGP),our sponsor and Official website of Ireland: http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com/ and our Official Waterford homepage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat2/