All Registry Offices across Ireland now have access to all the records for Ireland.
If you are in Kerry and need a photocopy of an entry for Donegal one just goes to the office in Kerry..etc
One doesn't need the CERTIFIED one, just the photocopy which is a mirror image for €4 containing the same data.
The CERTIFIED one is printed on special paper and used for Legal/Administration purposes.
I decided to give this a go today.
I wanted Certs from Naas, Belfast and Dublin South.
Mixed results.
We are not a research facility from one staff member (potility I should say).
So I said not to worry I thought I'd just give it a try, I'd get them from Roscommon.
Another staff member said they would have a go if I liked but wouldn't be able to have them today as they were having computer problems but as I was here I may as well fill in the forms.
I had to fill in a seperate form for each cert.
They were pretty sure they wouldn't find the Belfast one.
I was than told to hang on they could try now.
The woman who did the searching came out to ask what the mother's maiden name on the Belfast one was, thanks to Aghadowey who had looked on one of the Northern Ireland index's, I knew the name, wouldn't have got it other wise I think.
So I got one Belfast Birth 1907, one Dublin South marriage 1940 and one Naas birth 1909 but no Death Certs. The didn't have deaths before 1926 I think she said.
The staff were lovely, and I got my certs in about 20 minutes but I did feel it really wasn't their thing, not sure I'd bother them again, although when I said that I was told of course I should go back to them.
