SNIPPET: (You might want to print the following out, to refer to later). Check out the partial Griffith's mid-1800 data as well as the 1901 Census data at the Leitrim-Roscommon.com website. These are works in progress, include other counties, so check back regularly. There are also other valuable webpages (or links) to include an all-Ireland townland search, Matheson 1890 location survey of surnames in Ireland based on births of 5 or more, and the Commonwealth (UK) War Graves Commission data on those who died as a result of wounds suffered in WW-I and WW-II; the data on the WW-I soldiers and civilians often given names of "next of kin," some with references to Ireland. The 1901 censuses for Cos. Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo and Sligo are now complete. Co. Wexford census material is complete for 35 civil parishes with partial data transcribed for another 20. There is (incomplete) 1901 census data for Cos. Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Waterford, Westmeath and Wexford. Your emigrated kin may have had family still living in their townland in 1901, which can provide more avenues for researching. Quite often individuals living in a particular county in 1901 were born in ANOTHER part of Ireland or even in another country, such as England, Scotland, U.S., etc., which are identified on these censuses. Be sure to recheck using the "soundex" feature, to pick up surname variations and/or surname misspellings on the censuses. First, check the "head of household" field with your surname. Leave the default circle with the dot alone for all your searches. After doing a "head of household' surname check, clear search engine there and type your surname of interest in the "enumerated with others" field. You will be surprised to find that many wives and relatives living in the household have associated surnames you might recognize to help pin down "your" kin. Many were born in a different county or country. Visitors and servants are listed. One trick you can do if you have Co. Longford interests (for example) is to enter the word Longford in the surname field rather than a surname. Up will come three households - Hunt, Markey and Ryan, with heads born in Co. Longford but who were living in Co. Sligo at the time of the 1901 Census. If you enter Longford in the "enumerated with others" field you will get back 517 households that contain people who were born in Co. Longford but who were residing in another county in 1901. Try this with the word Cavan, also, if that is where you people were from. Another trick is to enter the word group RICBARR in the "head of household" search and it will return the names and ranks of soldiers living in RIC barracks in 1901, some with only initials. I suppose that if you have a relative with a known occupation, such as blacksmith, schoolmaster, seamstress, dressmaker, physician, etc., you call up households in that way, but you may get a lot of hits back. You can also enter the words such as convent in the "others enumerated in household" search and get some data back. The 1901 Census Database can give you data on ALL the households in a particular village or town. That is a plus because you can see who the neighbors were, often families, married those in the same parish. Let's say you knew your family lived in Westport, Co. Mayo. If you type Westport (only) in the townland search you will get back information on all 603 households. All-Ireland IreAtlas townland search engine" Use this to find out specifics on townlands, civil parishes, etc. Many placenames are found in more than one county. Some townlands (which contain one or more towns and villages) in a county are covered by more than one several civil parishes. You can call up all the townlands in a particular civil parish. *** If you can't find information on a particular townland on the IreAtlas townland search using the "must match exactly" search, then try repeating the search with the "at beginning of field search." This will bring up many larger towns that have been entered in with a T. after the name. For example, if you looking for Lowtherstown in Co. Fermanagh (or Loughbrickland) in Co. Down, it won't come up on an "must match exactly" search. Rather, you need to enter Lowtherstown (or Loughbrickland) in the "at beginning of field search. This is because the way it was entered into the search engine was with a capital T and a period - i.e. Lowtherstown T. and Loughbrickland T. If you can't find your townland, you are invited to contact the webmaster. The beauty of the search all-Ireland townland search engine is that you can set the townland search to "begins with" or "anywhere in the field" or "ends with." This is great if you are unsure of the spelling. Let's say you thought your kin lived in a place you thought sounded like Drumshanbo. You could enter the letter group "drum" in the "begins with" field, see what comes up. You could enter the letter group "shan" in the "anywhere in the field" field or try entering "shanbo" in the "ends with" field. If a townland was called by a second name that information will be given you. Be aware that over the years names of townlands and villages may have changed slightly or greatly from the "old" spelling on the IreAtlas. You can also enter a word group in the "ends with" townland search to look for those that end with "shanbo," for example. setting the search to "ends with," Or you can enter a letter group "anywhere in the field." Keep in mind that there are many ways to spell a townland that sounds like it starts with bally, so I would suggest entering the letter group bal in the "begins with" field. Some areas extend into more than one county. (Also, check the website and also the Internet for a list of "transferred townlands" that were transferred at a later time from one county to another). Anyway, the material at the L-R website can be a valuable resource for you. If you discover some tricks for bringing up information using the search engines, please post an addendum. When I did a Murphy search I found many with description as British Army Barracks, but I haven't found a way to call up all individuals who served in same at one time. You can call up entries for workhouse under the "others" category, which can give you names of workhouse masters and mistresses and inmates but also locations of workhouses. Jean