Judy The following book lists records/resources that are available for Co Monaghan - John Grenham's Tracing your Ancestors. The list identifies the spinning wheel premium lists of 1796 - in the National Archives, Dublin, also the 1820s/30s Tithe Books. There is also the Monaghan Ancestral Research Group, 6 Tully, Monaghan, Co Monaghan who may be able to help. Or the Library At The Diamond, Clones Co Monaghan Telephone 047 51143. I came to a dead end on reseraching my grandmother's family - Loughlins who were from Co Monaghan. So I searched the current Irish telephone directory on the Internet and found that there were very few Loughlins in Monaghan, I wrote to them and then followed up by phone calls. One of the phone calls was successful as the family I called remembered the Loughlin family although not related and provided me with more definite information/ details of where they lived etc for further research. Maire