First - I will get back to those teachers lists and the Shirley Estate posts over the next few days - hopefully. I have some graveyard Transcriptions for Co. Monaghan. Some people don't know what part of Monaghan their ancestors came from and when you look at graveyards there can be an abundance of one name in one and then you mightn't find it in any others. I find graveyard transcriptions handy for any county to give some idea of surname spread/location through a county and particularly to look at dates - you can find lots of people of one surname buried somewhere over so manyyears and then the name can disappear - no more stones for the later period. Now, you have to remember - looking for some names can be like trying to work out which grain of sand on a beach is the one you want for any county - Duffy is an example of this in Monaghan. Then, for others - it's the opposite. Also, it is said that only about 10% of the Irish population ever put up stones, and even then we have people buried where there was a stone and the name was never put on it! I only have a few transcriptions - please remember that also. There are others, and I am only going to post what I find on any surnames that people have made enquiries of over the last month or two - not all the transcriptions. The lines will run together because that happens when I copy and paste from my file into an e mail - it would take too long for me to try and sort out eveything individually. My headers run: Graveyard Name and Stone Number: Surname: Name: Date of Birth (if given) :date of Death: Age at Death (if given): PLace from (if given): and any relationships mentioned on the stone. These are sorted alphabetically by surname, so someone on one stone may not turn up listed under other people on that stone if the surname was different. I also include maiden names where they are given so if I have a woman who's married name was Smith but whose maiden name was Duffy then I have her listed as Smith/Duffy. I'll do each graveyard separately so that you know what has been checked. If none of your names turns up then you can cross that off your list of places to look if you have one. One other thing, no matter what the denomination of any graveyard anywhere in Ireland we find Protestants and Catholics buried together pre 1900. Don't exclude any graveyard when you read through transcriptions. Jane