Customer Reviews

County Mayo, Ireland, Genealogy & Family History, special extracts from the IGF archives

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While the booklet appears to be interesting in giving some history of surnames and regions from the 15th and 16th centuries, it is disappointing in only providing surnames of a census and no other information. The booklet has a list of researchers and surnames they are researching, but no way of contacting these folks in hopes of a connection. Some of the information in the booklet can be found on the internet at no cost. Seriously think twice before shelling out the $25.

This book is more than I expected---lots of things I hadn't even thought of. This will keep me busy for quite awhile!! The resource list, really helped me get started on my letter writing. It also includes name from the Mayo book of survey and distribution in the 17th Century.

I purchased this book hoping that the references to it containing the 1659 census of County Mayo was true (I had read that the 1659 census for County Mayo no longer existed). I found out that the book does not contain the 1659 census. It says it doesn't in the introduction. Therefore, the description of the book on this site as well as others I've seen, is inaccurate and misleading.

What this book does have are synopsises of several families that lived in County Mayo in the 17th century and before (1 page long generally) and some basic instructions on how to proceed with your genealogical research.

It's not a bad book but I think there are good, free resources on the internet as well as a few paid subscription sites that would be more useful to a person researching County Mayo, where few resources survive before 1901.

My wife has roots in County Mayo and so I hoped that this book would help her in her genealogy research. Although the book has some interesting information it does not pertain to her particular relatives. The book does cover some early County Mayo material and will be retained in our library.