You were lucky Betty at least up to a point! thanks for your question - I just googled County Clare Heritage Center and found that one does exist online... I will contact them and if I have any luck I will let you know! here is the one for Sligo - http://www.sligoroots.com/ . It follows the same address plan as for the Clare one so maybe each county's is www.____roots . com??? good luck all... faye ---- Betty <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I was lucky in regards to my paternal grandfather's family-tree, or I should > say in regards to his father's ancestors. Someone in Canada had already > done the research and created a wonderful web site. And, I found 2 dozen > other people researching the "family group" which arrived in the Prov. of > Quebec in the 1820's. The 4 couples and one single lady all seemed to be > KERR's and HENDERSON's. > > But, none of us can find out who the parents were of these 9 people. They > were all born in the 1785 to 1805 timeframe in County Sligo. The > HENDERSON's were reportedly born in Sligo Town, and the KERR's we're not > sure of. They might have been in the northern part of the county, but it's > just a guess. > > A couple years ago I found out that there was a Sligo Heritage Centre where > you could pay a fee for them to do some research for you. 3 other > descendants in Canada joined me in jointly paying the ~$75 fee. After 2 > months I wrote again and asked why we didn't have a response. I complained > again. Finally they sent me a long letter - offering NO information; > they couldn't find my ancestors in their records. > > I had belonged to the Lists for Ireland, and I mentioned this on the Lists. > Several people responded to say they had a similar experience. I guess > several people in County Sligo visited the place and complained, and they > reportedly were slightly improved. But, I never bothered to write again. > I wanted to ask for a refund of our money, but didn't take the time. > > Coming up to this year, a few months ago I found out that there were > "professional genealogists" in Ireland who could be hired for a fee. I > found 2 names on-line. The man responded immediately. After reading my > story, he said that it would be "nearly impossible" for me to find out the > names of the parents in the late 1700's. He e-mailed me a few times and > offered suggestions of what else I could do. The lady who responded said > that she would be glad to find my ancestors for me; it would not be a > problem; and it would only cost me $1500.00. :o( (When I wrote > back to say, "No, thank you," she said that other researchers would charge > much more than that.) > > .. I'm not sure, but I think there are now "Heritage Centres" in every > county in Ireland. And, I wondered whether everyone knew this and whether > anyone has wrote to them and received answers. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > List Administrators > > > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message