Diane you are wonderful! Thank you. I will look at them in either a little later or in the morning. Been suffering with a migraine for 2 darn days now. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Cris - these are supposed to be the major record repositories for Ireland - > in addition - if any ancestors were from Northern Ireland - you can search > emeraldancestors.com for free > > The major records repositories in Ireland > The _National Library of Ireland_ (http://www.nli.ie/new_what_res.htm) > is > situated on Kildare Street - just east of Dublin's main shopping street, > Grafton Street. There is a free Genealogical Advisory Service at the > Library > making it the perfect place to start your research. The genealogist on > duty will provide you with an overview of Irish genealogical records and > explain how to locate finding aids and access records. > The _National Archives of Ireland_ (http://www.nationalarchives.ie/) are > a 15 minute walk from the National Library taking you through the famous > St > Stephen's Green. The National Archives also has an advisory service > staffed by a genealogist who will assist you in locating records such as > Census > 1901 and 1911, wills, Griffiths Primary Valuation, Tithe Appointment Books > and the other holdings at the Archives. > The _Public Records Office of Northern Ireland_ > (http://www.proni.gov.uk/) is key to researching ancestors who were born > or lived in Northern > Ireland. It holds the Griffiths Valuation and Tithe Appointment books, as > well > as valuations books, will calendars and wills, estate papers and church > records for most denominations. > The _General Register Office_ (http://www.groireland.ie/) in Dublin > holds all civil birth, marriage and death records from 1864 to 1921 for the > whole island of Ireland. After that date all records concerning Northern > Ireland are held in the _General Register Office Belfast_ > (http://www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm) . Full birth certificates are > available at both General > Register Offices and a research facility is also provided. > The _Valuation Office_ (http://www.valoff.ie/Research.htm) is located in > the Irish Life Centre in Lower Abbey Street in Dublin. It houses maps and > cancelled and current land books which are based on Griffith's Primary > Valuation. The cancelled and current land books document all changes of > occupancy of land and property from the time of the original survey to the > late > 20th century. They are extremely valuable to the family historian, as they > can > relate to a particular property. The Valuation Books for Northern Ireland > are held in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast. > The _Registry of Deeds_ (http://www.landregistry.ie/) is located in > Henrietta Street - immediately north of Dublin's main thoroughfare of > O'Connell > Street. It was established in 1708 to regulate land and property > transactions. Registrations of deeds was not obligatory and mainly carried > out by > property owning classes such as land-owners, merchants and traders. A > great > deal of genealogical information can be extracted from deeds, as they > often > contain records of marriage settlements and wills, in addition to other > property transactions. It is, however, unlikely that one would locate a > registered deed for a small tenant farmer > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Life may not be the party we hoped for.. But while we're here we might as well dance !