To Aid In Your Research http://www.familysearch.org/ www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet. The National Archives of Ireland website has much to offer researchers who visit their facility in Dublin. Resources include various National School Roll Books/Registers received via the Department of Education for Cos. Cavan, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. School records received via private donation include Cos. Cavan, Carlow, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. I found that the easiest way for me to locate their school records page was to simply do a "Google" website search for National School Records. (I had problems locating it using their website index, but you may not.) While I don't believe the personnel at the Archives do research for the general public, they do take queries, have tips on using their facility and apparently have a list of genealogists who do research on some materials for a fee. Volunteer Look-Ups: "Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness" (RAOGK) website, look-ups for little or nothing. For Griffith's Valuation http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php Currently 2,793,233 records from Counties Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo, Tyrone & Wexford. Types of record include Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Griffith's Valuation, Tithe Applotments' and 1901 Census returns. History behind surnames and where found in Ireland in the mid-19th century. . http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm Record Search: https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi_main.cfm#Counties Currently 2,793,233 records from Counties Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo, Tyrone & Wexford. Types of record include Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Griffith's Valuation, Tithe Applotments' and 1901 Census returns. Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. The database has valuable info. on those who perished in WW-I and WW-II while serving in the British Commonwealth. NOTE: The WW-I data often gives NAMES/ADDRESSES of NEXT OF KIN. Leitrim-Roscommon website: "Google" phrase Leitrim-Roscommon. Excellent site for those counties plus census data on OTHER Irish counties (i.e. Sligo, Mayo, etc.). Also has an ALL-IRELAND townland search engine. The 1901 Census gives place of birth of each person in household; you may discover that your Cavan-born (other) ancestor was living in Leitrim or in the military there at the time of the 1901 Census. Conduct a name search. (There is a link with searchable Matheson survey of surnames based on Irish births in 1890 at an Ulster website; they may still offer the data free, check and see, pertained to surnames in ALL Irish counties, last time I looked). Microfilmed Irish Pension Records are being transcribed (ongoing project) with searchable database by surname at www.pensear.org. Records (mainly) for No. Ireland transcribed thus far. See website for more details. Many of the women's records give both married and maiden (nee) surnames. Valuation Office Records The Valuation Office, set up to carry out the original Primary Valuation, is still in existence, and has two related sets of records which are potentially valuable. The first of these are the notebooks used by the original Valuation surveyors, consisting of field books, house books and tenure books. All three record a map reference for the holdings they deal with, as in the published Valuation. The field books then record information on the size and quality of the holding, the house books record the occupiers' names and the measurements of any buildings on their holdings, and the tenure books give the annual rent paid and the legal basis on which the holding is occupied, whether by lease or at will. The tenure books also give the year of any lease, useful to know before searching estate papers or The Registry of Deeds. As well as containing information such as this, which does not appear in the published Valuation, the valuers' notebooks can also be useful in documenting any changes in occupation between the initial survey and the published results, for instance if a family emigrated in the years immediately before publication, since they pre-date the final publication itself by several years. Unfortunately, they are not extant for all areas. The National Archives now houses those which survive for the Republic of Ireland. Those covering Northern Ireland are now to be found in The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland . The Valuation Office itself, at the Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, contains the second set of useful records. These are the Cancelled Land Books and Current Land Books, giving details of all changes in the holdings, from the time of the Primary Valuation up to the present day. Any variations in the size or status of the holding, the names of the occupier or lessor, or the valuation itself are given in the revisions carried out every few years. The Books can be very useful in pinpointing a possible date of death or emigration, or in identifying a living relative. A large majority of those who were in occupation of a holding by the 1890s, when the Land Acts began to subsidise the purchase of the land by its tenant farmers, have descendants or relatives still living in the same area. The Cancelled Land Books for Northern Ireland are now in The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Griffith's Primary Valuation is keyed to a set of maps, now computerized at the Valuation Office [Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, http://www.valoff.ie ], showing the location of each holding of property. You can use Griffith's Primary Valuation and the accompanying maps to discover the exact location of the property where your ancestors lived in the mid-nineteenth century. Griffith's Primary Valuation is available online at the web sites of Irish Origins http://www.irishorigins.com and Otherdays.com http://www.otherdays.com . The Irish Origins web site also has the Griffith's Primary Valuation maps.

> > Griffith's Primary Valuation is available online at the web sites of Irish Origins http://www.irishorigins.com and Otherdays.com http://www.otherdays.com . The Irish Origins web site also has the Griffith's Primary Valuation maps. Otherdays.com is no longer online. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com