To begin doing Irish research, take a look at the FIANNA site, over 300 pages of information, how-to's and links. Then as you find specific questions, come back and ask some more :) http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ HTH At 09:17 AM 4/8/99 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, I'm David Chapman, a 49 year old student nurse, born in Essex, now >living in Stroud, Gloucestershire. I am fairly new to genealogy. > >I recently spent a useful hour at the LDS centre in Cheltenham and was >delighted to find that my greatgrandfather was born in Ireland. > >He is listed in the 1891 census for Dunmow, Essex as: > > James W CHAPMAN age 44 (therefore born abt. 1847). > Place of birth Longford, Ireland. > >He was married to Elizabeth, and his eldest son was born in Essex in 1874. > >I would be grateful for any advice on how to trace the CHAPMAN line back. > >Many thanks, David Chapman. Stroud, UK. > > > > > >==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== >[email protected] >Any queries go here! >List Maintainer: [email protected] >Any complaints go here! >Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! >Messages to list in plain text only! > > > > >