Jim, Thank you so much for your help. It sounds as though you have a lot of experience with UK records. Grace -----Original Message----- From: JF [mailto:gen9@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:14 PM To: PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [PDP] Norman-Anglo-Irish Resources? Grace, Burke's peerage is good, but that's not to say it doesn't have some mistakes. Early publishers, in their enthusiasm, accepted submissions of family histories with less than good evidence of their accuracy. Later editors worked to progressively correct the errors and improve the accuracy (and reputation) of BP. The versions published by Burke's Peerage Limited between 1960 and 1970 (when the publishers finally went out of business), are held to be the most accurate. The current company publishing Burke's Peerage is a different company which purchased the rights to the name. Their current version, including the online database, is reputedly based on the 1970 version. The only disquieting thing is that this same company sells British peerage titles. They do a lot advertising as to how good their publications are, but the late versions published by Burke's Peerage Limited (1960-1970) are a known entity. The Complete Peerage is considered perhaps the premier reference on the peerage of the British Isles. And again, it's not without mistakes here and there. There are many good references on Scotland, depending on the family and the time period. But my first choice would be The Scots Peerage, often cited by the Complete Peerage, is an excellent source on Scottish landed and titled families. Hope this helps. Jim ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237