To everyone searching for information re ancestors in Ireland, you will be interested to know that www.Irelandxo.ie have launched "Ireland Reaching Out " The Gathering, aimed at involving the disapora all over the world in finding out about their towns and ancestors. The site will include valuable information to sources and also has message board to which you can add messages, about any Parish in Ireland, as well as my own particular parish Skerries in Co Dublin. Helpers may be able to assist you in your searches, but the site is full of connections to research tools and information with many on line. If you happen to know the name of a parish your ancestor came from you can check if that parish is online yet, if not you can put messages on the general site. I can help with some of the genealogical searches in Skerries Co Dublin records. VMcG Skerries