SNIPPET: The Land Valuation Office, Dublin, has a website. Just enter those words into your browser. They can apparently trace all transactions on particular parcels of land from the Griffith's Valuation to the present using their current land books, cancelled land books, survey, tenure, field books and old maps. You need to have a good idea where your family lived, i.e., a particular townland, and there is some sort of a fee involved. This data can be very useful in determining when a family may have emigrated. Some of the record books are said to contain notations in the margins with potentially important information for a family historian. I believe you can undertake your own research if you visit their office. Jean --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.690 / Virus Database: 451 - Release Date: 5/22/2004