Hi Aggi-Rose I suppose with such a large population, plus abundant records available, it is hard for people in the US to realise that there are heaps of people in the rest of the world who also want to know about their forebears but don't have the resources available that Americans have. I wish I could hop on a plane and, in a couple of hours, be in Ireland. Probably like us Aussies travelling 'over the pond' (Tasman Sea) to New Zealand. I wonder if they realise that some people do not the resources to travel in search of information. Just as an interesting tidbit, I read somewhere that Australia has the largest population of Irish and Irish-descended people outside Ireland. Thanks veery much for your tip re the Irish newspapers archives. I am hunting for NOLAN, RATH and McHENRY so, with a bit of luck, I might find something. I suspect that a couple of them might have come here via US during or just after Gold Rush days as I cannot find how or where they came into Oz except by swimming all the way!! Thanks very much for your kind offer of help. I will keep it in mind. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours Kind regards Irene Rees on the Gold Coast http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/Brent44 -------Original Message------- From: Aggi-Rose Reddin Date: 12/08/06 11:28:37 PM To: ivrbjr@bigpond.net.au Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN-CITY] Dublin City Library Archives Hi Irene! Yes, so did I!! Not sure if this might be relevant, but have you checked www.irishnewspaperarchives.com ? I found what may turn out to be my biggest lead yet through an article I found there that was in a 1776 newspaper! That's actually why I posted my question about the Dublin Libraries Archives, as it turns out there are RC records from the 1700s that still exist and there are 2 Reddins listed that are of particular interest! Who'd have thought church reocrds that old would have survived in Ireland, and then for them to be Roman Catholic records to boot!! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.0.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/580 - Release Date: 12/8/06