| Now researchers of County Roscommon, in Ireland have an immense source of
information available right at their fingertips.
John Hunter, who has been researching family in this county for many years,
released Resource Roscommon Disk 1 in 2004. This was then followed in 2006 by
Disk 2 which contained additional information. Information from both CDs,
together with more new data, has been compiled on to this new 2007 edition on
Resource County Roscommon, which comes as single CD-ROM.
The user will find invaluable information on Townlands, Griffith's Valuation,
surname distribution, voters, freeholders, Tithe Applotment payers, maps,
boundaries, schools, churches, courthouses, workhouses, hospitals, graveyards to
name some. New information on the CD includes the 1796 list of Flax-growers,
school projects, wills, deeds, convict records and more.
The compiler includes details on how to track down information relating to
County Roscommon, as well as about 2,000 pages of data including 120 maps, and
many databases compiling historical records. Mr Hunter said the CD was designed
to help others find information more easily without the frustration he
experienced trying to find records of his ancestors when he was researching his
family history.
Mr Hunter’s previous CDs on County Roscommon and a similar CD for County
Leitrim have been well-received by local and family history buffs around the
world, and the new CD looks set to follow suit.
For example, the editor of the All Ireland Sources Newsletter, the newsletter
of the Society of Australian Genealogists, Mr Terry Eakin described the second
edition of Resource County Roscommon as "the best ever collection of single
county information and resources available".
In another review, Mr Albert Siggins secretary of the Roscommon Historical
and Archaeological Society said "John Hunter has done the family historian and
genealogical heritage in Co. Roscommon a great favour with the production of his
updated CD on genealogy sources for the county". |
