Hi Betty, I was a bit more lucky that you. I used the Roscommon Heritage Centre for 3 families in my tree and got useful information on two of them. When I queried the brief information on the third one, I was told they have access to limited records - civil registrations from 1865 mostly, and some parish records but not all. The parish records I then found out have never been computerised (tho' I think there is now a project going forward) and you are dependent on the state of microfilm, which for early records is likely to be difficult to read. Try _http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/index.php?&set=yes_ (http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/index.php?&set=yes) who are bringing together the various Heritage Centre data. It's an expensive task if you're looking for "Michael Murphy, born about 1810, maybe in Mayo or Sligo" but if you know fairly precise details to enable you to identify the right record, it's rather good, and getting better all the time. good luck Maggie