Hello, I have just heard from the County Sligo Heritage Centre in Ireland, and would like to offer the text of their e-mail to me: Dear Betty, Further to your e-mail dated 13th October 2004 and subsequent letter of 19th October 2004 regarding your Sligo born ancestors. As you feel that the four couples - William& Mary Henderson, Patrick & Elizabeth Kerr, John & Ann Kerr, Samuel and Catherine Henderson and the single Kerr lady (Elizabeth) were related, we are prepared to accept one application form together with a fee of ?80.00 to conduct an initial search on your behalf. Should we find anything which we feel might be relevant to your ancestors then we would be in a position to provide a quotation of further research costs if any. If you decide to follow up on this offer, perhaps it might be worth checking the marriage record of Elizabeth Kerr and Levi Miller, as it may have recorded her parent's names. You omitted to state what religion your ancestor's practiced; we base our research on the surviving church records which are as follows: 20 Church of Ireland Parishes, the earliest baptismal and marriage registers dates back to 1762 25 Roman Catholic Parishes, the earliest baptismal and marriage register dates back to 1796 Presbyterian Sligo Circuit, baptismal registers date back to 1806, marriages 1845 Methodist Sligo Circuit, baptismal registers date back to 1819, marriages 1846. Yours sincerely, Theresa Finnegan Research Officer I will write a separate e-mail asking some questions ! Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)