More good advice from Clare Doyle

Dear Clare,

That was such good advice from you, togo to the Parish website, in this case Offaly Historical and ArcheologicalSociety. They have forwarded Mary Kelly's birth certificate and that of another sibling, whose name I don't yet know. I guess the key was finding the right parish, and you were the key to that.

Roots Ireland was a good start, but you have to belong to that to save paying for every view of the records, which can be expensive when there are so many Kellys.

I see I'm not the only one looking for the right ship. I just feel so sad, when I look at all those ships arriving full of young Irish men and womenforced to leave their homeland.

You're doing a great job helping us find them.

Margaret Farrell