See: http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/ Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/4_pocket.html Finding Your Ancestors in Ireland http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson21.htm Rootsweb Guide to Tracing Irish Families http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/ Tracing Your Irish Ancestors http://www.ancestry.com/download/forms.htm Genealogy Charts & Forms http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/rg/guide/ all_t3_resmeth_-_how_do_i_begin.asp [paste all on one line] How Do I Begin? - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp? Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub= &Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Ireland.ASP [paste all on one line] LDS Source Guide for Ireland