Hi Dot My interest is yacht history and I am not greatly informed on family research. However the following may be helpful. I have cut up your message and mixed in my responses. I am copying this to the Fermanagh list as some of the information may be of use to others. -----Original Message----- From: DSexton420@aol.com <DSexton420@aol.com> To: michael.clarke@swiftsoft.net <michael.clarke@swiftsoft.net> Date: 23 January 1999 03:33 Subject: Re: Fivemiletown phone book-Brownes >Michael, my name is dot donnelly-sexton. I'll be coming to your part of >Ireland in Feb where is the best place around you to find info. on my family >that was from Cavanalough. I have the name of the RC church in ivinestown, I'm >sending a letter to father this week to see if my family are in the old church >records from Coa and Trillick. I'm also writing to the priest in Trillick. A good contact to write to might be the retired Parish Priest in Irvinestown. He is Rev Fr Timmoney. You may like to call me when in Irvinestown 01-3656-21436 but I will be away in Belgium from 9 to 23 February. The best general contact for accommodation in Fermanagh is the Visitors Centre, Fermanagh District Council, telephone 01-365-323100. In Irvinestown itself the main place is Mahon's Hotel, Mill St. Irvinestown, telephone 01-3656-21656, and there numerous Bed and Breakfast places in and around the town, ordinary homes offering budget accommodation. Irvinestown's resident historian is Breige McCusker, Drumharvey, Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, UK, phone 01-3656-21430. She has written a number of books and made videos about the area and its history. When in Belfast you might find it useful to visit PRONI the Public Records Office for Northern Ireland. It has also got a WWW page. Indeed it would be an idea to look at this first so as to have a target for any PRONI visit. the time period is the 1850-1930's. any other place that will have old records >that I can look at that you know of? I'm starting in Dublin then my next stop >is Belfast then the Enniskillen area. I have places in Dublin and Belfast but >i don't know of any in your area. any help there. >thank you >dot >