Thank you. Downloaded the PDF with Internet explorer 9, Windows 7. There are 152 pages and yes it takes a bit of time. Diann At 09:31 PM 10/02/2013, you wrote: >Lots of county history. Maybe you can find one of your ancestors >mentioned asbeing transported to Tasmania, hanged, or having done >some good deeds. > >Here's how to read or copy; > > HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MONAGHAN, by Denis Carolan Rushe, > 1895. 210 pages. > >Go here and at the left of the page you have choices on how you want >to save the book; Read online, PDF, Kindle, Full Text, etc. > >http://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00rushrich > >I tried PDF but it took over 2 minutes before it appeared. >( Using a 2.8MHZ puter with 2gb of memory). > >Fastest way is the FULL TEXT, then when it appears, click File in the >menu bar and "Save As" . > > > > >================================= > >Message Boards: >http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message