Hello Elaine,
Great to see that you have joined us here on our the community from your original Twitter post!
Tracing family history came be both rewarding and frustrating at the same time. Most successful journeys include an extensive paper trail of birth, marriage and death certificates. Certainly knowing the townland and county of relatives on the island of Ireland is a good place to start.
We hope that our fellow members will be able to add some advice and assistance through this post. We have removed your personal email address for privacy reasons.
There are also some previous community posts on
Helpful Research Tips, and
Tracing your Irish Ancestry- A three-step guide that you may also find interesting.
Speak soon,