Hi Fellow Researcher, I know that we are all anxious to have our money goes as far as we can in research. From my own experience with the Longford Center I'd have to say your experience was not reflective of mine. As you indicated you were hoping for a shot in the dark. You'd be suprised at how much time is spent trying to do a blanket search, when just a name is given or little other information. My experience over the years has been, and this is expoused by the best of the researchers, take your time and prepare yourself well when doing research. If you don't then you'll pay someone else for doing your grunt work. The longford Center on Church Street is a delightful place, and I can personally atest to the staffs professionalism, their wit, and most of all to their attitude of trying to do the best to serve the individual clientele that come their way--must be an Irish trait-that we've kinda lost. Do your homework and prepare yourself then you'll find that the bill will still be in that happy range of $25/30 USD I didn't get your name but Good Luck in your future research! Daniel BikenMike@aol.com wrote: > Two questions. > > 1) I was looking at an LDS film of some Collombkille RC records in the mid > 1800's and came across a reference to > "end of Rev'd Eugen Daly's time and start of Rev'd T? McGaver's" There was no > date on the record. Can anyone date this transition time? > > 2) Recently I received a report from the Longford Roots Heritage center. It > was a real shot in the dark for my request (not even sure I was in the right > County) and the $75USD I was charged was a steep price to pay, but I went > ahead anyway. What I received back was an abysmal disappointment. No > research, just a few names and dates that appeared to take 10 minutes to > collect (that would equate to $450 an hour if it was true!). It's useless to > me since there is no way to know if they are truely kin or not. Is this > typical of the "research" that Longford Roots conducts? That was hard earned > money and I feel shortchanged in a big way. By comparison I requested a > "search potential" from County Mayo several years back which cost me $25 and > had a terrific report back with details, discussion and outline of > suggestions for further research. What is the norm? Did I get lucky with > County Mayo and my recent experience with Longford is more typical? If so it > looks like I can't afford any more queries like that. Like thr > owing money down a rat hole. I needed help not an expensive, ask one > question, get a little bit, ask another question (for another fee) get just a > little bit more...etc. You probably can tell I'm miffed!