Good morning Cliff: While we may all have been "soaped" from time to time by the various crews in Eire, Boyd left out one word, or it should have been modified. Change "sequestered" for "a copy of". In any event the UHF still has their records in tact. The catholic organization IFHF has a "copy" of the UHF files and is sepecializing in translating and "copying" all the Gaelic and Latin registers of the RC church into their files for their catholic clientelle. They should be done in 8 years. Eric As in all genealogical endeavours, The further back you look, The further back you see, The longer you work for something, The longer you wait for something. From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@comcast.net> To: <boydgray26@utvinternet.com>; <nir-derry@rootsweb.com>; <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] [NIR-DERRY] The GRO Yeah, keep your backs to the walls...and don't bend over to pick up the soap... Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay From: <boydgray26@utvinternet.com> To: <nir-derry@rootsweb.com>; <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 3:42 PM Subject: [NIR-DERRY] The GRO Hi Listers, Just thought you might like to know that the GRO in Belfast has sequestered from the Family History Centre (the Mormons) in Derry, the microfilms of all Northern Ireland Civil Births, Marriages and Deaths post Partition in 1922, which they had allowed the FHC to copy some 20 years ago. I wonder why. You don't think it mught be that they wish to have exclusive access to these records so that they can sell them at extortionate rates? There is only one word to describe that and I will not sully your delicate ears with it but it is the word that unsympathetic Nineteenth century clergymen sometimes used in their baptismal registers to describe the progeny of illegitimate relationships. Makes me want to spit. Regards, Boyd