This was posted to another list and I thought it might be of interest. ---------------Original Message--------------- Taken from PRONI : Your Family Tree 15 PRONI has in its custody records compiled by scholars which are of enormous interest to genealogists. Pedigrees for families from many different parts of Ireland are available. Most notable of these are the extract pedigrees from Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Ireland between the 16th and 18th centuries compiled by or for Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms. This collection has 42 volumes of Pedigree Charts, are of great importance to all record searchers. Indexes to these volumes are available on the Search Room shelves (ref T.559). Each volume has an index at the back and these are worth checking to ensure that you have seen all the entries for the family which are included in that particular volume. Also of interest are the Groves Manuscripts which contain a great deal of valuable material for genealogists. Tenison Groves, a Belfast genealogist and record researcher for more than 40 yrs, compiled a collection of any thousands of transcripts, abstracts, notes, etc.,which he made from Records in Public Record Office in Dublin before its partial destruction in 1922. That part of the collection which related to Northern Ireland was purchased by PRONI in 1939. The items, numbering over 9,000 includes 17th century muster rolls, militia lists and family pedigrees and is an invaluable source for genealogists. The genealogical material in the Groves Collection has been arranged roughly by surname starting with the same letter. The arrangement under each letter is not strictly alphapbetical and material on one name can appear in several volumes. The Groves Manuscripts have been given the PRONI Ref. T.808 and the catolgue which features typescript extracts from these records, is available of the shelves of the Public Search Room. Pedigree and genealogical papers relating to individual families can be located using the Personal Names Index. A number of such papers have also been collected together under the single Ref. D.3000. Researchers interested in the pedigrees of the leading landowning families in Ulster should consult the introduction in the respective calendars. Alex Hughes >from Ayrshire, Scotland Searching for Duncan,Bruce,Kilpatrick,Campbell,Fairley,Milne,McKechan, Jamphray,Strathern,Kelso,Smith & Auld in Scotland Searching for Hughes, Graham, McCutcheon, Donaghy, Irvine, Dorian, Kelley & Black in Ireland ----------End of Original Message----------