This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GALVIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iQB.2ACE/737.5.1 Message Board Post: HI CHERYL, THANKS FOR TAKING TIME TO REPLY,HOWEVER YOUR NAMES DONT RING ANY BELLS FOR ME.RESEARCHING THE IRISH PRIOR TO 1901 IS DIFFICULT AS ALL THE CENSUS RECORDS PRIOR TO THAT DATE WERE DESTROYED WHEN THE IRISH WERE FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITIAN IN 1922.ALL THAT IS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO 1901 ARE THE CHURCH RECORDS.HAVE YOU TRIED THE MESSAGE BOARDS FOR IRELAND,I FIND THEM VERY EFFECTIVE,WHO KNOWS THE INFO YOU HAVE MAY RING BELLS FOR SOMEONE WHO READS THEM FROM CORK OR KERRY. CHEERS HONOR