In response to the posting about the Historical Society, can any of their membership help me in tracing members of my wife's family from the County. Her maiden name was Woods, and their branch of the family left Ireland in the 1880s or later, settling around Birkenhead. A common name in the male line was Dennis.
As I have researched other surnames, Woods doesn't appear to crop up so frequently. My wife's father is Dennis Joseph Woods, and his father was also called Dennis and was formerly Fire Chief for Cumbria.
Any help in getting started would be gratefully received.
Best wishes
Hector S. MacDonald