Thanks Mick. Let's hope the contents of the estate papers materialise one day. On Wed 02/05/12 6:49 AM , michael purcell [email protected] sent: Beresford Papers within the PPP. Because there appears to be such an interest in the Beresford Papers I will try answer your questions in relation to same. The 189 items, referred to in the summation from the "Friends of Carlow", in the Beresford Papers consist mainly of bits and pieces relating to the Pack-Beresford family in Carlow and the Beresford family in Waterford and the Pack family in Kilkenny. The content is of no genealogical value to our IGP members and readers, ( if I thought it was I would have published relevant extracts ). The "items" were given to Pat Purcell in 1960 by Commander Denis Pack-Beresford of Fenagh. I have published many extracts on the Carlow IGP from the Beresford scrapbook, ( Watters eviction etc. ) Following the death in 1986 of the Commander his son Denis Raymond Pack-Beresford handed over several hundred of the Carlow Estate Papers, Ledgers, Rent Books etc. to Carlow County Heritage Society for transcribing but about a week later he phoned me very early one morning from London and told me he wanted them back as he intended to sell them to the highest bidder. We did not get a chance to photocopy them or index the content. The main body of the Beresford family and Carlow Beresford Estate Papers were sold by public auction by Mealy's Auction house circa 1990. They were put up for auction by the Commander's son, Denis Raymond Pack Beresford, he had already sold Fenagh House in 1986. I was not in a position to buy them at the auction and I have no idea who bought them. I hope that concludes discussion on the Beresford Papers. I will answer the questions concerning the other "outside" Papers later in the week. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] [1] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] mailto:[email protected]