You will need to look at the website http://www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm to get details for the Northern Ireland General Register office. It is in the Centre of Belfast and easily accessible. If you want to spend a half day using indexes or have a search (both have a charge) it is a good idea to book in advance via the web site as they can get quite busy and are primarily a Government Office rather than a genealogical centre Ella Ella Patterson Cataloguer Cataloguing Department Main Library Resources Management Division The Queen's University of Belfast University Square Belfast BT7 1LS Northern Ireland Tele: +44 28 90973639 Email: e.patterson@qub.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Roxanne Neel Sent: 12 February 2008 16:16 To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Going to Ireland The address I have for the General Register Office is Convent Road, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon, Tel: (090)663-2900, LoCall: 1890 252076, website: www.groireland.ie. This information was included when they sent me records. Best Wishes! Roxanne Mike Boyd wrote: >Lester >Youn will need to go to PRONI (66 Balmoral Street) - it is in the south >area of Belfast access by train or bus. You will need to look at both the >Card Index and the online Index. (Online you should look at now, but that >does not have as much items as the old card index. So when you arrive you >will need to have an number of items to place orders for. They take more >than an hour to get. Thursday night it stays open until 8.45 pm I think. >So allow 2 or 3 days for PRONI alone. (Email is proni@dcalni.gov.uk) > >Then you have Linenhall Library on the north side of the City Square > >I assume that you will also need to check out the General Register Office >(sorry do not have an address) > >City Hall may also be able to give you Cemetery records > >You may also know which church they went to as well for any records there. > >There should be an family history group in Belfast that you try to find >before you go. > >These are some of the places you need to go to. > >Public transport is quite OK. Mostly buses but you can use the Trains as >well. > >There is an tourist Office opposite the City Hall. If you can find them on >the web, you should make you booking soon as if you are going during the >summer. > >Last September I stayed at a B&B hotel near Queens University for about 45 >pound a night but you may wish to say out of the city along one of the three >main railway lines, to Bangor, Lisburn or Carrickfergus which should be >cheaper but you lose time travelling - depending on the distance you are >out. > >Mike Boyd >Brisbane > >PS >write out your family tree and list the things you wish to find or are >looking for. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lester C Griel III" <lcg112@gmail.com> >To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:50 AM >Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Going to Ireland > > >Hello all, >My mother surprised me the other day with an invitation to accompany her to >Ireland (her father was born in Belfast). Can anyone suggest possibilities >for research while I am in Belfast. Thanks in advance for any assistance. >Lester > >Lester C Griel III BS, RN > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Ella ~ So there is a GRONI and a GROIreland? Not being from the area certainly has its disadvantages. I have received several marriage and/or death records from GRO Ireland for family in County Down - I hope they are accurate! Thanks for setting me straight. Roxanne Neel California, USA Ella Patterson wrote: >You will need to look at the website > >http://www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm > >to get details for the Northern Ireland General Register office. It is in the Centre of Belfast and easily accessible. If you want to spend a half day using indexes or have a search (both have a charge) it is a good idea to book in advance via the web site as they can get quite busy and are primarily a Government Office rather than a genealogical centre >Ella > >Ella Patterson >Cataloguer >Cataloguing Department >Main Library >Resources Management Division >The Queen's University of Belfast >University Square >Belfast >BT7 1LS >Northern Ireland > >Tele: +44 28 90973639 >Email: e.patterson@qub.ac.uk > > >-----Original Message----- >From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Roxanne Neel >Sent: 12 February 2008 16:16 >To: nir-down@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Going to Ireland > >The address I have for the General Register Office is Convent Road, >Roscommon, Co. Roscommon, Tel: (090)663-2900, LoCall: 1890 252076, >website: www.groireland.ie. This information was included when they >sent me records. >Best Wishes! >Roxanne > > > > >