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Visiting Dublin Records Office & National Library

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Maureen R

Maureen R Report 12 Jun 2011 22:48

Has anyone any experience of researching RC parish records at the national library in Dublin or civil records at the Irish GRO in Dublin? I've looked on their websites at what they have available and their opening times. I'm planning a visit next month as part of a holiday in Eire and want to make sure I use the time as effectively as possible.
I'm looking for my maternal grandfathers' bmd records if possible, and if I'm really lucky my great grandfather.
Any tips very welcome.
Maureen

Joy

Joy Report 12 Jun 2011 23:00

Have you searched already the Irish civil registration indexes online?

Joy

Joy Report 12 Jun 2011 23:03

Have a look through here - http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,385.0.html

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 13 Jun 2011 06:01

We visited a few years back and did eventually find a marriage record at the National Library on microfiche, but that was after several hours of searching.

We did actually have more success at the Dublin GRO working through the BMD indices.

GinaS

GinaS Report 13 Jun 2011 08:13

Hi Maureen,

The Office for Genealogy Research is situated in Abbey Street in the Irish Life Buildings.
This was opened a few years ago and replaced the one for Research that was based in Joyce House.

The Opening hours Monday to Friday - 9.30 - 1.00
2.15 - 4.30

Researching:
Haughton Brocken Unwin Tomsett Splane

GinaS

GinaS Report 13 Jun 2011 08:17

Hi Maureen,

Cont:
Cost: E2.00 per five year search
E20.00 per day, unlimited search

Price per Certificate: E4.00 (Five per Day only).
They will post over this amount free.
Pearse Street Library BMD searches free on michro fiche - then a trip to the Genealogy Office to purchase Certificates. Regards, GinaS

Researching:
Haughton Brocken Unwin Tomsett Splane

Maureen R

Maureen R Report 13 Jun 2011 08:57

Thanks Joy and Gina. I've done as much as I can on-line I think, unless Ancestry has more available on a world wide membership (I only have the basic). My grandfather was John Lynch, not an uncommon name unfortunately. I know the date of his death in 1941, and that he was living as a single man with his mother in the 1901 and 1911 censuses. My mother was born in Nov 1917 and had an older brother, so his marriage is probably in a window of about 5 years but I haven't been able to pin it down. There is one possible birth that comes up with the mother's name as Mary, but if I look for his father's name there are no records matching on IGI, IFHF or ancestry.
I think I'll need to spend some time going through the indices in Dublin next month.
Maureen

Maureen R

Maureen R Report 13 Jun 2011 08:59

Thanks Inspector Greenpen
I fear I might need to spend quite some time too. I do have a window of about 5 years for Grandad's marriage but my estimate of his birth is based on census information and a statement from a solicitor that he was 75 when he died in 1941.
Maureen