Helen & Maureen, I doubt you are doing anything wrong! As far as I know (I stand to be corrected), LDS was never allowed to film Waterford Church records, and they filmed very few Cork records. I have had great success with Waterford research through the Waterford Heritage Center at <http://www.iol.ie/~mnoc/>. They are real pros, their fees are reasonable, and they will advise you about whether they feel the research is possible. Another good resource is the Waterford County Council site at <http://www.waterfordcoco.ie/en/services/archives/researchingyourfamilyhistory/> - Griffith's Valuation, Tithes, etc. As for Co. Cork, only the Diocese of Cloyne records are available at the Irish Family History Foundation - <http://www.irish-roots.ie/>. Otherwise, you can take a chance by writing directly to the parish (Diocese of Cork). Parish addresses are available at <http://www.corkandross.org/>. Griffith's searches help to narrow the search for likely ancestors in terms of parish, townland, etc. - see <http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml>. Happy hunting, Dave Collins > > 1. Re: Church Record (Helen) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:06:45 -0400 > From: "Helen" <hdipilato@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [WATERFORD] Church Record > To: <waterford@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000001cacb4a$79c67c70$6d537550$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Maureen, > > I have used the FHC for many films but I seem to have trouble with church > registers, specifically Catholic registers. I know folks who have gotten > them for Meath and Westmeath back into the 1700's. > > I did try to get a Waterford film that was blocked. My problem is I think > I'm using the wrong search parameters in the LDS catalog. I can't seem to > find much in the way of parochial registers from Waterford, Tipperary, Cork > or Kerry. I must be searching incorrectly if others have found Meath, > Westmeath yet I cannot seem to get even 1 of my counties. > > I seem to get more hits than I can deal with or nothing when I search. I'd > love to order films if I could just get the correct film numbers. > > Any hints on how to narrow my searches to just Catholic Parish Registers for > the above mentioned counties? I'd appreciate any pointers as I'm obviously > doing something wrong when I search. > > Helen >