I emailed this to Candi on how I made use of the Hayes books (MANUSCRIPT SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF IRISH CIVILIZATION), so I thought I'd also post it to the list in case anyone else needs the info. First, I copied the Hayes pages from the "Persons" book (L-O) for MURPHY. There were six sheets. When I got home from Samford U., I highlighted all the MURPHY items that I thought might pertain to my ancestors based on what I already knew about them. Here's an example of how some of the items look in Hayes: Murphy, family of: Genealogical Office Ms. 161, p. 45: Pedigree of Murphy (O'Murphy) of Portugal and Tenerife, c. 1600-1736 Murphy, family of: Genealogical Office Ms. 164, p.60: Pedigree of Murphy of Callan, Co. Kilkenny, c. 1650-c.1700 and so forth Next I went to the FHL catalogue and looked for "Manuscripts in the Genealogical Office Of Ireland" under "Titles". When this came up, I checked for Ms #161 which turned out to be on Film #100122 and Ms #164 which is on Film #100123. I ordered these films from my local FHC, but they haven't come in yet, so I don't know if I've hit pay dirt or not. However, there are other Pedigrees I can order if these don't pan out, plus items listed under my MURPHYs in the Hayes that aren't Pedigrees. I'll order those later if the FHL has them. I hope this helps someone who is floundering a bit on Irish research. I'm still floundering somewhat, but David Rencher's class at Samford gave me a course of action to follow. It sure beats my original hit-or-miss plan. Jan in Miss. (where we are now preparing for Hurricane Dennis)
I emailed this to Candi on how I made use of the Hayes books (MANUSCRIPT SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF IRISH CIVILIZATION), so I thought I'd also post it to the list in case anyone else needs the info. First, I copied the Hayes pages from the "Persons" book (L-O) for MURPHY. There were six sheets. When I got home from Samford U., I highlighted all the MURPHY items that I thought might pertain to my ancestors based on what I already knew about them. Here's an example of how some of the items look in Hayes: Murphy, family of: Genealogical Office Ms. 161, p. 45: Pedigree of Murphy (O'Murphy) of Portugal and Tenerife, c. 1600-1736 Murphy, family of: Genealogical Office Ms. 164, p.60: Pedigree of Murphy of Callan, Co. Kilkenny, c. 1650-c.1700 and so forth Next I went to the FHL catalogue and looked for "Manuscripts in the Genealogical Office Of Ireland" under "Titles". When this came up, I checked for Ms #161 which turned out to be on Film #100122 and Ms #164 which is on Film #100123. I ordered these films from my local FHC, but they haven't come in yet, so I don't know if I've hit pay dirt or not. However, there are other Pedigrees I can order if these don't pan out, plus items listed under my MURPHYs in the Hayes that aren't Pedigrees. I'll order those later if the FHL has them. I hope this helps someone who is floundering a bit on Irish research. I'm still floundering somewhat, but David Rencher's class at Samford gave me a course of action to follow. It sure beats my original hit-or-miss plan. Jan in Miss. (where we are now preparing for Hurricane Dennis)