Hi, This link may have been posted previously, if not then it should interest most of us. The Genealogy in Time is an on line genealogy magazine (Free). Browse the site to see what it is all about. I took out a subscription about a month back and have found it informative. At present they are presenting a three part article " A Date Guide to English Genealogy" which has many suggestions and links on how to get at very old Brit records. No doubt many Irish can be linked back to those English who lived or integrated into the Irish country and society during the 1600 - 1700 - 1800 time frame. If you follow the links in Part One they have a link to the Oxford alumni records "Alumni Oxonienses 1500 - 1714". Never say that your forebears did not attend Oxford during this time frame. Read the article. LINKS to the Website: http://www.genealogyintime.com/index.html http://tinyurl.com/4j7bmba or http://www.genealogyintime.com/GenealogyResources/Articles/a_date_guide_to_English_genealogy_part1_page02.html "Alumni Oxonienses 1500 - 1714" http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=1270 Have a read, a very interesting free on-line magazine. Bob CDN