Civil registration of births in Ireland has the townland. The Index is for all Ireland. You can do-it-yourself at the local Family History Centers because the FHL has acquired 99% of National Archives passenger records. There are Family History Centers scattered throughout the world, located in the LDS meeting-houses. The FHCs are generally listed in the local phonebook under Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with its own phone number. Or, go to familysearch.org. In some communities, Family Search is in the local public library. No charge is made for using the resources at the local FHC except for a rental fee for microfilm from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Birth certificates include the date and place of birth; the name; the sex; the name, surname and residence of the father; the name, surname, maiden surname of the mother; the rank, profession or occupation of the father; and the name and qualifications of the informant, usually a family member. A given name was not obligatory, so some entries are Kelly, Male or Clarke, Female. The FHLC holds microfilm copies of the index and certificates for 1864-1955. Birth Index 1864-1955; Records 1864-1881 and 1900-1955 (note the gaps 1882-1899 and 1913-1930 in the FHLC). Some pages are missing from 1869: p. 49-50 (gap between Carroll, John, of Dungannon and Carvill, James Richard, of Limerick; and all pages following Thompson, Elenor Jane, of Belfast. Ellen Copyright Ó 2000 Ellen Naliboff All rights reserved "Patrick ,Joseph Kelly, born 13 Mar 1888, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Parents Simon A and ,Mary Cushing Kelly. Came to USA in early 1900's, went to work for Standard ,Oil Co of NJ in 1904, married Anna M. McCurnin in 1911, and died in 1940, in ,Baton Rouge, La. At the time of his death he was survived by 2 brothers, ,Thomas of NY and John of Port Arthur TX.,Hopefully the naturalization petition will provide the Townland or Parish of ,his birth and baptism."