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How do I approach a Church in Dublin for Info?

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InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 19 Jul 2009 17:54

My wife's grandfather was born in Dublin. What we hadn't realized until we started researching that it was normal practice for children born in Hospital (the Rotunda Hospital in our case) to be registered by the hospital staff a day or so after birth, without a christian name.

We have a few of her grandfathers siblings like that which are registered as Boy, or Girl.

Blue Moon

Blue Moon Report 19 Jul 2009 09:59

Thanks MB

Yes,I've tried the pilot scheme,
its so frustrating ,I've found both sets gt grandparents in the 1911 Irish census but the GRO have no births/marriages for them ,my grandparents or my dad,
so I'll start at the church where my dad was baptised and work my way outwards from that.

http://www.dublinchurches.com/churches/start.htm will come in very useful ,thank you.

Mummy Bear

Mummy Bear Report 18 Jul 2009 20:47

I'm sure you've aleady looked at pilot family search site for the birth details but here's the link just in case.
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1408347;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable

Here's the Dublin Churches website
http://www.dublinchurches.com/churches/start.htm
MB

Blue Moon

Blue Moon Report 18 Jul 2009 19:30

Hi Angela,
Thank you for your reply

I have found an email adderss for the Church where my Dad was baptised
and I now have the names of my grandparents so I will follow your advice.

Thanks again.

Angela

Angela Report 18 Jul 2009 19:02

First try Googling to see if the church you want to contact has a website - if so it will give you a contact email address.

If you have to contact them by post remember to include a sae

Some churches have a fixed fee for sending info. If not then it is considerate to send a small donation if they do some searching for you.

Good luck. Angela

Blue Moon

Blue Moon Report 18 Jul 2009 18:07

I have tried to order some certificates through groireland
they have not been able to trace them so I need to approach the Church to see if they can find anything for me,
has anybody got any advice on the best way to do this,
I don't know if the Church has the relevant information or if they will look for information for me or the cost.