Would you hate me if I said yes.......there are only a few dioceses for which you need written permission to view their records - the rest arew open to the public, some on film in LDS libraries....and more here. There are always fights whenever the subject is brought up - people saying how the Irish are holding oin to their records.....but there are records in LDS libraries - not as many as we have admittedly, there are records published in journals , some in books, some have posted records on the web. A subject which every listowner handles with kid gloves....... Where are you searching? Jane :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Westmilli@aol.com> To: <jlyons1@iol.ie>; <Wexford-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [WEX] Parish records - an Appeal/Request > I'm confused. Have I been laboring all these years under the delusion that > Church Parish records could only be gotten from the National Library of > Ireland (and only of Dioceses with Bishop's approval) or at the Churches > themselves? Milli > > Researching Brennan, Murphy, Leary, Kehough (Kehoe, etc.), Thornton > >