Fantastic follow-up and sharing, Paddy. I posted a fuller reply on the forum site. However, as posted there as well, here are words which can lead to more such original sources, not estate-related: Catholic Record Society Just Google on that and get ready to do a hour of reading on what all that organization has done. Sharon C. Patrick Casey <pcasey@compuserve.com> wrote: Sharon just flagged a goldmine of online material relating to the The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Conference held August 30 - September 2, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. I've been following this up and have summarised my findings on the Clare Past forum at http://tinyurl.com/2ts9cc (I've put it there because this list shreds URLs and the Forum posts them intact; I challenge it to mangle this tinyurl, ha ha). Paddy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.