Registration of non-Catholic marriages began in 1845 in Ireland. Registration of births, marriages and deaths, regardless of religion, began January 1, 1864. Foreign applications: Fees are payable in Irish pound currency, Draft I.E.P. or Euro checks or bank drafts drawn on an Irish Bank, made payable to the Registrar General. Sterling checks, Postal Orders, US$ checks are accepted. The minimum amount for a check drawn on a non-Irish bank is 12.70 Euro. I bundle my requests so that I meet the minimum fee. Births, Death and Roman Catholic marriages certificates are available from General Registrar Office 8-11 Lombard Street East Dublin 2 Ireland Photocopy (including search fee) is Irpunts 3.0 and Certificate (including search fee) is Irpunts 5.50. http://eurotrip.com/exchange rates.html or http://quote.yahoo.com/m3?u or http://www3.travelocity.com/converter/ to get the currency exchange rate for the day as it is changing weekly. Certificates (B, M, D) IR5.50 US$6.00 Photocopy of an entry in Register 3.00 3.30 When index reference is Supplied 1.50 1.65 Postage: United Kingdom & Ireland IRL .50 (E).63 All other countries: 1.00 1.27 Ellen Margaret Mullen wrote: > > Hi. I am new to this list and to searching in Ireland. I am hoping some kind soul can point me to the next logical place to search and give me some pointers on geneological etiquette in Ireland. > > I have recently tracked down information about my grandmother. > > Winifred CORRIGAN, born abt 1890 to Owen CORRIGAN and Mary Ellen DONNELAN. > She emigrated from Parsonstown, Drogheda to NYC in 1908 to marry Edward MULLEN. > Her brother Peter CORRIGAN had emigrated previously to Newark , NJ. > Winifred MULLEN re-entered the US in 1910. She gave Owen CORRIGAN, Clogherhead, Drogheda as her nearest relative in Ireland. > > Parsonstown is a townland in Drogheda. When I look at an old map of Louth, Clogherhead appears on the coast. One of the rootsweb sites (unfortunately I can't remember which one) lists Clogherhead as a R.C. parish associated with Parsonstown. It also says that the church records are not available on an LDS film. > So my questions - where do I find parents marriage and children's baptismal records? Are civil records the best option or do I write to the R.C. parish? If so, how do I find the parish address? In the states, I always send a donation for this type of request. How much of a donation is appropriate? Can I send US dollar check? If not, how do I convert the funds? > > Thanks in advance > Margaret Mullen > > researching in Ireland > MULLEN: Armagh, Ireland > NY, US abt 1886 > CORRIGAN: Parsonstown, Drogheda, Louth > NY, US 1908 > CARWAY / CARAWAY / CARROWAY: prob Sligo, Ireland > NY abt 1865 > > ==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== > ** To unsubscribe from this list send > unsubscribe to > SHAMROCK-L-request@rootsweb.com for > regular mode, or > SHAMROCK-D-request@rootsweb.com for > digest **