New book will help you trace your Mayo ancestors ^Featured

For each type of record it provides background information on how they were compiled and what information was contained, and on which categories of people. It also provides background on the social history of County Mayo and how this history has affected the keeping and survival of records.

Tracing Your Mayo Ancestors retails at €13 and you will find more information here.

In comparison with most other Irish counties, Mayo has fewer records of value to family historians. This makes it important to use the existing records to their best advantage.

The main Mayo families include Walsh, Gallagher, Kelly, O'Malley, Moran, MacHale, Gibbons, Joyce, Connor, Conway, Higgins, Murphy, Burke, Bourke, Reilly or Riley, Durkan or Durkin, Doherty, McHugh, MacHugh, Sweeney, Sweeny and Lyons.

This book sets out the records available, where they can be accessed, and how they can be used to best effect in tracing Mayo families.

Some recent Reviews

I highly recommend Tracing Your Mayo Ancestors for both amateur and professional genealogists.  It is a meticulously researched and attractively presented book.  The extracted document and manuscript illustrations presented throughout the book help the reader to envisage what they can expect to find through their own research.  It is a reliable companion

whether one is researching from home via the internet or in a library or archive.  It is a must have for serious genealogists on the quest for Mayo ancestors.

Genealogical Gazette

Mayo does not have a rich store of records,  therefore it is essential to glean the most from the sources available - and this book will tell you exactly how to do this.  Beginning with a brief reminder of research principles, resources are examined chapter by chapter ... with suggested further reading and useful addresses also listed.

Overall,  this is something of a no-frills title,  getting straight down to business with what sources contain and where you can find them,  but it is no less important a work for that.   With an extra 50 pages in the new edition and lots of general background information,  this is a key reference work for anyone exploring Irish roots in Mayo.

Your Family Tree (UK)

Price: €13. Prices including postage: £14.00 to UK; $22 to US; CAD$23 to Canada