Ray, I am also relatively new to this fun subject and do use all the tips you suggested to Candace. I also do as you suggest and look at all the messages, even those not related to me, in search of ideas and am grateful for you pointing out this booklet. It is VERY helpful. Thank you! Jo-Ann (in BC Canada) =========== Instead of even attempting such a project, I will instead guide you to this > very helpful little booklet, which was written particularly for genealogy > research in the adjoining County Donegal; however most of the resources > which the author: Boyd GRAY mentions, are equally applicable for County > Tyrone -- one of the major differences being that you may need to go to > PRONI (The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) for a lot of your > information. > Boyd is or was a member of this list, so my apologies Boyd if I am > pre-empting any reply from you. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/genbooklet.pdf<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Edonegal/genbooklet.pdf> > > > Ray in oz >