Hopeful_galway wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:37 am
Hey -- So i ordered a birth certificate for my grandfather -- its from ireland, but just a scan of a handwritten document... scrolling through the history here it seems like maybe i need a 'long form' certificate... Is that true, or any tips?
The certificate i got and submitted looks like
http://irishancestryresearch.com/upload ... 73.jpg?351
That is exactly what mine looked like, so don't worry.
After I sent away for the new copy, I actually found an older copy which my grandparent had sent off for in the early 2000s, and it was a very well done handwritten copy of the original, I guess with the computerisation of records everything is just scanned these days.
The scan quality of my grandfather's birth certificate was absolutely terrible - even knowing what it said I struggled to make it out!