Apparently my passport expired

[Old Greg]

nope.

For once you're right. It is beyond your limited mental capabilities to figure this out.

[ladymuck]

i've got an irish passport, as have half the feckin planet.

I haven't!



I couldn't find my granddad's birth certificate. No-one can find it, it seems.

[jayn200]

I haven't!



I couldn't find my granddad's birth certificate. No-one can find it, it seems.

You don't need to find it. If you know his date of birth and place of birth you can apply for it online most likely or call the local registration office if not. There should be a process to get a replacement.

[BR14]

or just buy one in the Archway Tavern, like everybody else does.

all profits go to the cause.

[ladymuck]

You don't need to find it. If you know his date of birth and place of birth you can apply for it online most likely or call the local registration office if not. There should be a process to get a replacement.

That's the problem, can't confirm where he was born. There are no living relatives to provide further details. The info I do have on him has not enabled the authorities to find anything.

A local genealogist was useless. Just took the research I'd done and repeated it back at me.

[DoctorStrangelove]

That's the problem, can't confirm where he was born. There are no living relatives to provide further details. The info I do have on him has not enabled the authorities to find anything.

A local genealogist was useless. Just took the research I'd done and repeated it back at me.

Typical contractor.

[Old Greg]

or just buy one in the Archway Tavern, like everybody else does.

all profits go to the cause.

I'd forgotten the Archway Tavern!

[Old Greg]

Interesting article here for history buffs:

The fire that destroyed all Irish records - the myth and the reality

[BR14]

I'd forgotten the Archway Tavern!

If you can forget it, you were never in it for long

[Old Greg]

If you can forget it, you were never in it for long

It's nearly 25 years since I was there.