Just remember that there are probably stil the priests who keep a tight fist around their parish records. Maybe they want the money that might come from allowing the records to be seen as there would be no money if the records were totally released. In Balnacalley [sp?] the headstone information from the graveyard was put on line, but my kin except for a couple of current burials who should have been buried there over 200 years have no headstones -- lack of money to hand to the priest? > On May 12, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Joyce Presnall via <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/parishes.jsp > > The following files outline the current areas for which records are > available on this web site and the dates covered in each case. > > Carlow(COI) > <http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/parishes/Carlow%20%28COI%29.pdf> > > Cork & Ross (RC) > <http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/parishes/Cork%20&%20Ross%20%28RC%29.pdf> > > Dublin(COI) > <http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/parishes/Dublin%20%28COI%29.pdf>Dublin > (PRESBY.) > <http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/parishes/Dublin%20%28PRESBY.%29.pdf> > Dublin(RC) > <http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/parishes/Dublin%20%28RC%29.pdf> > > Kerry(COI) > <http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/parishes/Kerry%20%28COI%29.pdf> > Kerry(RC) > <http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/parishes/Kerry%20%28RC%29.pdf> > > > When I looked at the PDF and the associated lists above they have not even > made a DENT in getting records transcribed and a friend of mine found on > the site that they are looking for volunteers for help although I did not > see where she found that. > > I don't know if help from the US would be possible but it sure would NOT > hurt to see. I imagine even a few hours a week by dedicated folks would > help! > > MANY of us NEED these records so if people have time to donate and it is > possible for ppl from the US to help...it seems to me that instead of > stumbling around in the dark we MIGHT be able to help these folks get some > of this done. > > Perhaps if we could spread the word to everyone we know perhaps we could > all help with that! If we spread the word far enough, we might finally be > able to get to the records that we need! > > Wouldn't it be "grand" to use a favorite Irish saying in historical novels > if we in the USA could help get all this stuff on line? > > Instead of complaining all the time about lack of records WE COULD be part > of the solution! > > I don't know if it could be done across the "POND" but if we could and we > could find enough people to help we might finally get some answers. > > See the link above to be able to see just how little has been accomplished > to date. > > I will try to contact them to see if some help from the USA would be even > possible. > > > Joyce > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Researching Stephenson/Stevenson, Fleury, Heald, Lindelof, Young, Rubino, > Cammarota, Mandracchia, Vaiarelli, Mulhern, Johnson, Haight, Erickson, > Munson, Northrup, Sears, Camp, Gunn, Allen, Gorham, Plumb, Beard, Rogers, > Eliot, Briscoe, Bradley, Mix, Wilmot, Pritchard, Mew, Stone, Sparke, > Bayley, Bailey, Redfield, Redfin, Howland, Tilley, Sturgis, Hinckley, Kirk, > Norton, Gerard, and many more... > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I find your comments about priests unsubstantiated and offensive. Most Catholic parish registers were microfilmed decades ago and have now been digitized and are free online up to about 1880.  After that, civil records are available for another few decades.  Later church and civil records are not online for privacy reasons tho you can obtain them thru the processes described by the government for civil records or individual parishes for church records. Many--most?--people could not afford headstones.  Very old headstones crumble or break and sink into the soil. Or the inscription is unreadable after so many years. It's not the least surprising you can't find old headstone information. Many priests were true Irish heroes and I hope you will read Irish history to learn more.      Virginia From: alannal via <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> To: Joyce Presnall <wldgrdnr@gmail.com>; "ny-irish@rootsweb.com" <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] I got to the bottom of or MORE issue re IRE records here is info re records indexed Just remember that there are probably stil the priests who keep a tight fist around their parish records.  Maybe they want the money that might come from allowing the records to be seen as there would be no money if the records were totally released. In Balnacalley [sp?] the headstone information from the graveyard was put on line, but my kin except for a couple of current burials who should have been buried there over 200 years have no headstones -- lack of money to hand to the priest?