Link: Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon

[myluck!]

Just be cautious of the Irish Roots transcripts - they are only as good as the human who typed them initially and their interpretation of the original.
Also for legal proof you will still need original certificates

[mcl_906]

I agree about the transcriptions - even found errors, provable errors on the 1901 and 1911 transcriptions from the archives. They can be seen more easily when the name is one you are looking for. Much of what I am gathering now is not needed for any certifiable kind of proof so they suit my purposes. But thanks for the comment and advice.

Cathie

[Bhoy]

You can now apply on-line for certificates, but it seems they provide only the full thing at 11 euros a pop.   No "research certificate" option and the presumption is that a search is required.

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/find_a_service/bdm/certificates_ie

[myluck!]

The HSE site only provides certs for:
Records available for purchase on this site:
Births:
Births registered in the Republic of Ireland from 1922 - present.
Births registered in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from January 1864- December 1921.

Marriages:
Marriages registered in the Republic of Ireland from 1922-present.
Marriages registered in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from January 1920- December 1921.

Deaths:
Deaths registered in the Republic of Ireland from 1924 - present

All previous registrations are still from the local office or GRO

[DevonPaddyB]

Postal ordering from outside Eire is safe and easy using MyTravelCash pre-paid Euro Mastercard. They let you have a proper Mastercard credit card which you pre-load on-line in Euros. You pay MyTravelCash in your own country's currency - their exchange rates are very competitive.
You quote this card number with your postal request to Roscommon,  so your normal credit card details are not revealed and the most you could ever lose is the amount you have loaded. 

[brennan1]

I have recently ordered 2 marriage certs from Gro Roscommon, one 1883, one 1896. Cost 4 euro each. Simply exchanged sterling for euro and posted. Five days later received both certs. Very efficient I think.

[jackjohn]

thanks all of you for all the helpful hints, links and information  . I recently started to research my family roots with very limited information available to me . The little I do have , with the help of this thread (and the entire site), has enabled me to order a birth cert. for my grandmother . Thanks again to all ! (and hope to be able to progress in my searching)


Jack   

p.s.  ordered cert. on dec. 6th and rec'd it today (dec. 11th) 8.00 euro for the cert. , 2.00 euro search fee and 2.00 euro postage back to me in USA

[Rivergull]

TO ShaneW147:   Just one final thing.  When I asked how to order LISMORE certs, you provided the ROSCOMMON GRO info.   Doesn't WATERFORD have a GRO?

[shanew147]

Roscommon is the central registration office and holds records for all of Ireland up to 1922 (just Southern Ireland after that). The reference details on the familysearch indexes refer to the national index, which is that used by Roscommon.



Shane