Hi Charles, There's a zillion things for IRish placenames on line. Fire up www.google.com and type in the placename. That's the fastest. Otherwise the usual websites work. They are on our webpages (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~merle ) and in the archives. Fianna is a place to start. www.genuki.org is always the place to start for British and Irish genealogy. PRONI is important too. But frankly, why do all this work? WHy not type in www.google.com and find it right away? That usually works. There are several subscription based Irish websites that are very useful. God forbid you have to use a real source. That would be Lewis's gazette. On CD and I think at a couple subscription website. (I donno, I got the CD!). Here's a helpful URL: http://www.domeshadowpress.com/Links.html THis one has Griffiths for free, it says: http://www.myirishancestry.com/ I just found it by searching www.google.com for Irish genealogy. ANyone know what happened to Otherdays.com??? I Used to use Griffith's there.... I'm off to register at the site above! Trust me on this one: Everything in our brains or saved in Favorites is stale. The Internet is very dynamic. Search NOW for yourself -- get the latest. See...I just found a website myself. Several listers have worked very very very hard putting up free info on the web specific to certain locales, like County Down. Check those places. Also www.ulsterancestors.com and the Ulster Historical Society's. I forget it's addy but you can google for it. There are some great website for specific locations like Ballymoney. You can find these through genuki or google. Best of luck! Linda Merle ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: charles Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:41:37 -0800 (PST) >I just discovered a Scotch-Irish ancestor's birthplace in Scotland, ca 1630, and there are a lot of place names in the article. > > Is there anything online for Irish place names? I don't want to inadvertently post anything that pertains to Scotland. > > thanks, Charles > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net