"Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness" website may have a volunteer to help you obtain documents, acquire photos of tombstones, look-ups in directories, etc. Just type that title in your browser in place of the URL. There are also cemetery look-up e-mail lists on the web via Rootsweb. Check out what Rootsweb has to offer in the way of e-mail lists. Also check out Cyndi's List of Genealogical Websites: http://www.cyndislist.com/ Google Searches are great! Best to use advanced search and put in a few keywords to limit number of hits and zero in on what you are looking for. USA Social Security applications - Even though the price has gone up to approx. $27 each, these records give valuable information on your relatives --i.e. circa 1936 addresses, employment, as well as birthdate, place of birth. Can find/order these on-line. John Grenham's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors" (1999 ed.)