You all have been wonderful. My Irish education has soared in the last 12 hours. I now know that Derry (Irish) is a border Twp. between Co. Donegal and Co. Londonderry. The parish is not Drumhouse, it is Drumachose. I have been given the site of Derry/Londonderry family history Centre in Derry where I have a form to fill out, as best I can, to send in with $50.00 for info. My question is: has anyone sent in this kind of a from and gotten any results or is there another root I might take that's less expensive and quicker. Also does someone know of a good map on the web that shows counties and town locations for Derry? Anything else you can send my way in the form of Education for the area would be great. Any books to read? Also, if my relative was a member of the British Navy where would I find records as far back as 1790's?Thanks again. Alice

You don't give a rank or name for your ancestor in the Royal Navy. Most of the records are held in the National Archives in Kew in London and that far back it may not be easy. Try www.pro.gov.uk and go to their bookshop. They have a number of books on history, genealogy and the Forces. One I have is Naval records for genealogists by NAM Rodger. To consult the catalogue go to http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk In the 'Search' box enter your ancestor's name and then the dates approximately in the second box. In the third put ADM. This will restrict your search to naval records. I tried it with 'Long' which brings up every mention of 'long' as an adjective - long storehouse. But keep going and some personal names come up. Of course if you know his full name the search would produce less hits too. You would still have to consult the actual records in Kew . Rachel snip................ Any books to read? Also, if my relative was a member of the British Navy where would I find records as far back as 1790's?Thanks again. Alice > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > Try searching the Obituaries at Rootsweb: Interactive search > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obituary/obituary.pl > To browse through the archives of the list go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Visit my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.com/~donegaleire > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >