Some of the baptisms transcribed on the irishgenealogy aren't available on the NLI Catholic site. Just wondering how they were transcribed or why the original records aren't on the NLI website? Example is Nov 1841, Listowel. I can see why records would be missing for sure - but then I don't understand why there is a transcribed version? Thanks!
MBradley:
The records on the NLI site were created in the 1950s when parishes sent their available registers to be microfilmed by NLI.
I don't know when the records were transcribed to be placed on the irishgenealogy.ie site but likely some additional records were located for Listowel and included on the irishgenealogy.ie site.
Roger McDonnell
Thank you!
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MBradley: To add to the comment from Roger, most of the records on irishgenealogy.ie are the civil records taken by the state and these are different than the church records on the NLI site. There are some church records on irishgenealogy.ie, but relatively few. As Roger says, the records from the NLI site are from the 1950s and reflect the thinking on availability of records at that time. I think one of the reasons for a transcribed version is that it is searchable. I don't think that the original versions would be searchable.
Best wishes, Kieran