I'm a new subscriber. I want to share with those Gordon descendants from County Down, Ireland, a wonderful source book for locating your Gordons in County Down. As I am new, I don't know if the name of this book is 'old hat' to readers, if so, please forgive my going over old information. While in Salt Lake City researching my Scotch-Irish Gordon line some years ago, I found the below book in the card catalogue and viewed it page by page, finding my line in County Down. It is a handwritten manuscript and although quite readable, not as easy as typescript. Crossle groups his Gordons as well as he can, sites his sources, goes to inexhaustible lengths to link Gordons and gives very educated opinions on Gordon lines. He puts families together in many cases with line charts (which is where I found mine, followed by all pertinent info taken from wills). I found it confusing on one count, which is that he organizes the book, for instance, by the 'Sheepsbridge' Gordons and other place names which may have been well-known regional farms, but not known to researchers not familiar with County Down names of this nature. Still, there are enough references for one to figure out where these are. It can only be hoped that one day someone will put the book to the keyboard, index it, and indicate the nearest townlands to the place names. Even if you've traced your Gordons back in County Down, having not read this book, I urge you to read it anyway and add the wealth of knowledge to your notes on related lines. GORDONS OF IRELAND by Philip Crossle British Film Area #0100219, item 2-3 filmed 1949. Manuscript in the Genealogical Office of Ireland. Microfilm copy of original manuscript and typescript (ca. 650) at the Genealogical Dept. of Dublin, IRE. Pedigrees, notes, newspaper articles and correspondence on the Gordon and related families of Ireland. Good luck! Carol Ashby 5655 NW 113th Street Grimes, Iowa 50111