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From: "jill mcnamee" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Co. Kerry birth certs
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 10:58:23 -0700
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if anyone has a clue on how to approach research on Co Tyrone I'd appreciate
it. Many thanks---Jill McNamee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Connors" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Co. Kerry birth certs


> >
>> Do you know how, where and what it costs to order a birth certificate
>> from Co. Kerry, Ireland for the period of 1820's?
>
> Sorry to say, civil registration didn't take place in Ireland until
> 1864, so what you would need to do is get a church baptism. While my
> mother in law was born at the tip of the Dingle Peninsula in County
> Kerry and I have been there, I don't have much experience in Co. Kerry
> research. However, if you don't know where in County Kerry, the
> technique to find the parish would be to search the Griffith's Valuation
> and the Tithe Apploments for find where your surname is located.
> Sullivan is a fairly common name so you will have some work.
>
> Here is the GV index on line, you can start there. It was completed in
> County Kerry in 1852-3 and even it your family left before that period,
> they probably had relatives still in Ireland.
> http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.htm
> One caution with this index, it is faulty, especially for County
> Tipperary where the most of the civil parishes leave out names starting
> A to L.
> While the above site is free, I prefer a subscription site which is
> fairly inexpensive. It has a great index and you can copy and print the
> actual pages of the GV. It is at:
> http://www.originsnetwork.com
>
> --
> Pat Connors, Sacramento CA
> http://www.connorsgenealogy.com
>
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