Hey all, I have a big favor to ask! Would you all please send me the counties in Ireland that you are trying to find your ancestors in? I will put the info in a database and try to direct you in the direction that will best help. My research so far is in Co Kilkenny (Callan) and Co Tipperary. In case any of you are unfamiliar with me I will give a blurb: Laura L. (Cloud) Schmidt {aka Cloudy} e-mail schmidtm@3-cities.com or LauraSchmidt@tcfn.org age 43 married mother of 3 sons, active in IIGS (International Internet Genealogical Society), been on line for 1 1/2 years, been doing genealogy for 32+ years, retail manager by trade, taught elementary age students computer programming for 4 years, active in Boy Scouts, original list maintainer of Fianna-L, irc (internet relay chat) operator at IIGS (irc.rootsweb.com) and at Afternet (Genealogy-n-UK), lookup source for over 6 counties in the GenWeb and growing, here for any assistance I can give. This list is designed to be a tool of exchanging ideas and experiences. We need to get the idea across again that we are all here to help eachother. If you have any comments to give feel free to write to me or the list. Between Gail, Anne, Jim, and everyone else we should be able to help one another with our research. All jokes, fun and whatever is always welcome, and we do not like to stick to formalities. We want to have fun. If someone gets vulgar I will warn them once and unsub them the second time. Let's just have fun. Laura