People seem to be overlooking the fact that the Arklow R.C. parish registers are on microfilm at the National Library in Dublin and that they are freely available for consultation there. If you can't get there physically your option is to engage the services of a professional researcher. I recommend that you engage a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland (but not me!) www.apgi.ie because membership involves accreditation and there is a complaints investigation procedure should you be unhappy with the research. Of course, you would be paying a fee (calculated on an hourly basis) but then you're getting a professional service, not asking someone unfamiliar with parish registers and genealogical research to dip into the register for you. I have to add that I have never had occasion to contact the P.P. of Arklow so I cannot comment on his general humour. But, if his unwillingness to co-operate with family history enquirers was in some way fuelled by his trust being abused by someone who secretly photocopied the registers while being given access to them, he has my sympathy. Paul Gorry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen & Ross Crain" <rosscrain@shaw.ca> To: <IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [Wicklow] lookups from parish records > Thanks ,Cara .Sometimes you have to pay if there is no other way. > Kathleen

Thanks very much for the suggestion . I'll take it as I live in Canada. Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Gorry" <gorry@indigo.ie> To: <IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 5:03 PM Subject: [Wicklow] Arklow parish records - the alternative > People seem to be overlooking the fact that the Arklow R.C. parish registers > are on microfilm at the National Library in Dublin and that they are freely > available for consultation there. If you can't get there physically your > option is to engage the services of a professional researcher. I recommend > that you engage a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists in > Ireland (but not me!) www.apgi.ie because membership involves accreditation > and there is a complaints investigation procedure should you be unhappy with > the research. Of course, you would be paying a fee (calculated on an hourly > basis) but then you're getting a professional service, not asking someone > unfamiliar with parish registers and genealogical research to dip into the > register for you. > > I have to add that I have never had occasion to contact the P.P. of Arklow > so I cannot comment on his general humour. But, if his unwillingness to > co-operate with family history enquirers was in some way fuelled by his > trust being abused by someone who secretly photocopied the registers while > being given access to them, he has my sympathy. > > Paul Gorry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathleen & Ross Crain" <rosscrain@shaw.ca> > To: <IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 11:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Wicklow] lookups from parish records > > > > Thanks ,Cara .Sometimes you have to pay if there is no other way. > > Kathleen > > > > ==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== > Have you put something down the list lately that would make someones day, like a link to a good site, a headstone, a snip of information, you found but didnt need? > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >