Well said, Kae! ----- Original Message ----- From: <kae@chartertn.net> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:42 AM Subject: Re:Genealogical Office > The Genealogical Office holds all the records for previous Chief Heralds > of Ireland and as such represents the only source in Ireland for > information about heraldry, clans and chiefs. Now just how much work > these Heralds actually did on Irish clans and chiefs is another matter but > what work was done will be in the records of the Genealogical Office in > Dublin, which is under the auspices of the National Library these days. > And for anyone interested in the subject of Heraldry in Ireland, many if > not most of the old records of the Chief Heralds of Ireland are filmed and > available at a FHC (Morman church) near you. They have even been indexed. > Kae Lewis > > > ---- irl-cork-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > The Genealogical Office in Dublin has nothing to do with heraldry, clans > or > chiefs. They are a genealogical research organization.