The Island Record Office was able to report a significant achievement. Through the genealogical research service a father and daughter were reunited after being separated for thirty-five (35) years. A reunion was also made possible between a mother and son who had been separated for over 12 year. Total Genealogical Search Hours for the year amounted to one thousand, one hundred and ninety-eight (1,198) just short of  200% of its target of six hundred and twenty (620) hours. This is significantly higher than the 2003/2004 research hours which were recorded at seven hundred and sixty-two (762) hours.

Twenty-two thousand six hundred and ninety-four (22,694) IRO documents were recorded as at March 2005 against a target of twenty-four thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine (24,759).