*Ireland* – This is an advance notice. Both FindMyPast *and* Ancestry are planning to release some 10 million Catholic parish records in March. The records will span the years from roughly the mid 1700s to 1900 and cover over 1,000 parishes. It appears that these will be primarily baptism and marriage records (with a small number of burial records) that have been transcribed from the collection held by the National Library of Ireland. The records cover both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. At the moment, FindMyPast has about 80 million Irish records and Ancestry has about 45 million Irish records so these new records in March will be a substantial addition for both firms. The video below from FindMyPast provides an excellent overview of Irish records in general and highlights why land records and court records are very important to anyone with Irish ancestors. - See more at: http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/newest-genealogy-records.html?awt_l=IHPRg&awt_m=J_ztBmFkdwk.Vy#sthash.pKxYwz2e.dpuf -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com nymets22@gmail.com

Pat, please forgive this correction.  The records are not new online--they were released last July, free to all, by the Republic of Ireland, a tremendous public service. What is new is that Ancestry and FindMyPast are releasing an index to those same records.  That of course will not be free but comes with an world subscription to Ancestry or to an Ireland subscription to FindMyPast.                Virginia From: Pat Connors via <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> To: "ny-irish@rootsweb.com" <ny-irish@rootsweb.com>; IRISH-AMERICAN <irish-american@rootsweb.com>; ireland-roll-calls@rootsweb.com; can-ontario-irish@rootsweb.com; Irish-In-UK-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 3:20 PM Subject: [NY-IRISH] News about RC records going online on both FindMyPast and Ancestry *Ireland* – This is an advance notice. Both FindMyPast *and* Ancestry are planning to release some 10 million Catholic parish records in March. The