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!

Cant help on the Colmcille records, but thought you might like to know that I too paid Longford Roots to research the name Stakem and I was really pleased with the amount of information that they supplied. I know that it was all information that I could have looked up myself but the time it would have taken me justified the cost. Colmcille is the parish closest linked with my family, so I would be interested in anything that you find - I am currently researching death records - from the lds films and have been sharing these records with the Longford gen-web site, if your Longford names are not on there let me know and I could add it to my list. Good luck with the colmcille records - not an easy task - I did go into the parish last year and tried to read the original books - I would have need to be there for a couple of years!!!! Regards Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: <BikenMike@aol.com> To: <IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 5:26 PM Subject: [LONGFORD~] Longford Research > 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! > >