I'm glad our information was helpful, Jeanette. The two textbooks for the class were John Grenham's TRACING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS (2nd edition) and DISCOVERING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS by Dwight A. Radford & Kyle J. Betit. I've also found that the Research Outline for Ireland on the FHL website (www.familysearch.org) is a great help. We both seem to have the problem of an ancestor who left Ireland long ago. It's a headache, but the search is fun, mentally challenging, plus a mystery to be solved, and I can't resist a mystery. Jan >From: "Jeanette Lee" <JeanetteLee@bigpond.com> >Hi , >I would like to thank Jan and Nancy for all the imput concerning the >resources for reseaching in Ireland. > >Over the years I have dilligently followed every lead for locating my >ancestors without success, most left before registration.I had just about >given up hope of ever finding any trace of them . > >By following Jan & Nancy's emails I have located all the references for >ordering the reels. Now I feel some I might get somewhere. > >The Samford University course sounds marvellous. > >Once again many thanks >Jeanette Lee >Western Australia