Hello Paul, Top of the morning to you on this day as it's Fathers Day in Australia. The first book on genealogy that I read was an Indian book called the Karma Sutra. I was only eighteen & couldn't make head nor tail of it. It was a real pain in the neck! Seriously, I use the Collins Pocket Reference book titled "Tracing Irish Ancestors a practical guide to Irish genealogy" as it's easy to carry around the traps. My edition is dated 1997. I purchased it in Ireland during 1998. Its ISBN is 0-00-472095-4 & contains 288 pages. The distinguished authors are Màire Mac Conghall and Paul Gorry. I believe that this Paul is directly related to your parents. Smiling, Pierré Mayberry Tuggeranong ACT Australia