Tracing Your Roscommon Ancestors (Family History Guide). This item is unavailable.Tracing Your Roscommon Ancestors (Family History Guide)

John Hamrock has compiled a comprehensive guide for those tracing families in the County of Roscommon. Common family names include Kelly, McDermot, Beirne, Regan/Reagan, Flanagan, Connor, McDonagh & Quinn. This was one of the Irish counties worst affected by the Great Famine of 1845-47, which resulted in emigration of a huge proportion of its population. The new title is filled with information on what the records contain, and how and where they can be accessed. It is well illustrated with maps and with examples of the types of records to be found. It also has en extensive listing of references to estate records, and also to family histories. There is also a comprehensive index.

John Hamrock grew up in Boston and moved to Ireland in 1988. He is married and has three children, ages 13, 11 and 9. He has worked in the financial services industry for twenty-five years both in the United States and in a number of European countries. He and has family have lived in countries like France, Belgium, the United States and Ireland. John Hamrock has always had a passion for Irish family history research and surname origins; first conducting research on his own family, but then tracing ancestors for others. He is a member of the Genealogical Society of Ireland; Irish Genealogical Research Society; the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, and the Society of Genealogists. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. John has amassed a considerable library of Irish and international genealogical and heraldic books and publications. He concentrates his efforts in conducting family history research and writing.