Irish ancestors can be
very elusive due to a variety of factors. Don't get frustrated - get educated. You CAN hunt your
Emerald Isle ancestors successfully when armed with the knowledge in this book.

While covering
all of the standard civil, church, census, and land records, Grenham's book also covers wills,
deeds, newspapers, directories, and other less-used records. The final third of the book is a
county-by-county reference guide describing extant censuses and substitutes, available local
histories, monumental inscriptions and other sources for each county.

One of the outstanding
features of the book is the Catholic parish maps for each county. These were drawn by the author's
father and give the date of the earliest records available for each parish.

A researcher with
Irish heritage must be as indefatigable and adaptable as their own Irish forebears were in order
find them in the existing records. This book is one of the tools you need to start with.