Another time and place: The Black and McKim families of County Sligo

"Irish family history is difficult to research, but not impossible. This book describes two families in County SUgo at Ireland's north-west. The Black and MeXim families share a number offeatures. yet differ in many ways too. and provide good examples for learning more about Iri.sh heritage during the past 300 years. In each case, their lives and interactions unfold as the author introduces each set of informative sources and presents the largest compilation offacts and hypotheses about these people. The study provides inspiration to other researchers who struggle to learn how to trace their Irish families before the mneteenth century."--Cover.