Dear List, I am just beginning my research in Ireland and am brand new to the List. After reading Jane's email message I've worked up the courage to post a query. I hope I do this in the appropriate manner. My grt, grt. grandfather, JAMES McGOUGH, b. abt. 1821, emigrated from Co. Monaghan, Ireland, to Co. Durham in England bet. 1851 - 1852. The Catholic church record for his death states that his father's name was DENNIS McGOUGH, whose residence was Co. Monaghan. JAMES McGOUGH married BRIDGET DUFFY in Ireland, bet. 1846-1848, presumably in Co. Monaghan as his two oldest children, Denis, b. abt. 1849, and Catharine, b. bet. 1850-1851, were born in Co. Monaghan. Can someone make a suggestion how I can determine what Parish he, JAMES McGOUGH, would have lived in? What would be the most productive and expeditious resource for me to use? I recently made a trip to the local LDS Family History Center and was told that the earliest date for Griffith's Valuation for Co. Monaghan began in 1860. Too late to be of assistance. I know there are a few films for Catholic Church records for Co. Monaghan, but wondered what other resouces there might be. I would love to locate where in Co. Monaghan these ancestors lived as I am planning a trip to Ireland this year, and would love to travel to where they lived. I would appreciate any assistance anyone can offer. Thank you, Judy, Phoenix, Arizona, US