Opening Salvo - Help Needed

Who, What, When, Where, Why and How

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My name is Jessica and I'm a genealogy addict.

I have a persistent...niggling...annoying problem...Irish townland/village/parish envy.  I don't know how to resolve it, but I'm willing to admit it and ask for help.

I mean, what else is a person to do when they begin to research an Irish ancestor and come to find out that all they have to go on is a name of a county?

The various searches that I have run on my family tree revealed rather quickly that the Irish branches come to a rather abrupt halt within a 5-10 year radius of a family's or person's arrival to the United States.  While at the same time, all the usual sources of vital statistics (birth and death records, obituaries, their children's life stories, etc.) provided only a basic level of information: the name of a counting in Ireland from which a person is reportedly from.

I had to had to ask myself, what else could I do to try and narrow their home locations down?

The only thing I could come up with after getting tired of chasing phantom databases/weblinks was to create a blog and hope that someone may be willing to offer some kind advice or information that might assist in the search.

And so, as I work through and post on various family members I will be including my search process, helpful links that I may find or even noting any technical difficulties that I may encounter in my quest.  If you have any suggestions, please feel free to comment or send me a message.

In return, I hope this blog will also help you too in your own genealogical pursuits.  Thank you in advance to anyone who may comment on this blog in the future.

All The Best,
Jessica