Even if you aren't an Ancestry.com subscriber, don't overlook the many free resources available. The "Five Minute Find" series of You Tube videos are perfect for viewing when time is short. A variety of topics are covered, and while the guidance does generally revolve around Ancestry.com records, who knows what you might learn? Note video #13 is "Finding Irish Origins." See the complete list here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0xuz8BBkD4hP8k3ExCn1hxhbeuWdVY5x A number of Ancestry research guides for finding foreign ancestors can be downloaded and kept on your tablet (or printed out if you're still a paper-person). Ancestry Anne talked about them in a recent blog posting: http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/03/05/
ask-ancestry-anne-where-did-my-people-come-from/.

• Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors on Ancestry
• African American family research on Ancestry.com
• Finding Your Irish Ancestors in the U.S. and Ireland
• Finding Your Ancestors from the UK and Ireland
• Finding Your Swedish Ancestors at Ancestry.com
• Finding Your German Ancestors on Ancestry.com
• Finding Your Canadian Ancestors on Ancestry.com
• Researching Your American Indian Ancestors on Ancestry

The full listing of research guides is much more extensive and can be found at the Ancestry learning center: www.ancestry.com/cs/Satellite?childpagename=USLearningCenter%2FLearning_C%2FPageDefault&
pagename=LearningWrapper&
cid=1265125565120. I especially like seeing the date the new research guide was added.