Are you wondering if that place in Ireland you heard about--where your KELLY ancestor is supposed to be from--really exists? Not sure how it's spelled? The single most important item of information for Irish family history research is a precise place of origin, and the most important tool in identifying Irish placenames is the 1851 Townlands Index. You can search the entire Index, together with street listings from Dublin, Cork and Belfast cities, more than 65,000 entries in all, from this page: (it's free) Irish Ancestors: Placenames http://www.irish-times.com/ancestor/placename/index.cfm or try this one: IREATLAS Townland Data Base http://www.thecore.com/cgi-bin/ire-srch Paula Kelley Ward San Antonio, Texas pward@express-news.net "Genealogy is the art of confusing the dead and irritating the living.”