Jack, et. al. Been having trouble at the Villanova site searching through the McGarrity and other collections. When I put in Castlecomer as a keyword, I am getting a blank page in return. Does that mean no hits for Castlecomer, or Kilkenny, if you know? If you are getting hits from that method, maybe it is a computer problem.I have been having difficulties with the EPPI site also. Am thinking it is a Microsoft Vista problem. On a general Irish interest note, some of the county heritage centres have begun to put their databases online. I know of three so far--Armagh, North Tipperary, and part of Dublin (Swords). The search function is free, but record retrieval is charged per record. I believe some of these counties have records that cross county lines because I have found some of my Co. Tyrone ancestors in the Armagh database. I am exploring the Tipperary site as well for some of my Co. Kilkenny names. So far, I find this method so much more successful than commissioning research, as I can both direct my own research and also explore. It is a great value for the money, also, although in the end, I suspect I will end up paying more to the centres because I simply cannot resist the urge to hit the "pay" button to see a particular record. LOL I would think this would be a very lucrative move for the research centres. I wish all the heritage centres would follow! Anyone know if the Kilkenny Arch. Soc. has any plans to do so? http://www.irish-roots.net/ Debbie ___________________________________________ Deborah Large Fox www.deborahlarge.com ___________________________________________