Brian Mitchell, genealogist with Derry City and Strabane District Council offers a free genealogy advisory service, by email atgenealogy@derrycityandstrabanedistrict.com, to anyone tracing their roots in North West Ireland.

He will respond to queries – about place names, surname origins, sources to search or record offices to visit, etc. – and suggest research recommendations.

Brian is an accredited member of the Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland (M.A.P.G.I.) and author of a number of Irish genealogy reference books such as

• A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland. Second Edition
• A Guide to Irish Parish Registers
• Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
  Lists of Passengers Sailing from Londonderry to America on Ships of the J. & J. Cooke Line
  and the McCorkell Line
• Genealogy at a Glance: Irish Genealogy Research
• Genealogy at a Glance: Scots-Irish Genealogy Research
• A Guide to Irish Churches and Graveyards
• Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839
  Lists of Emigrants Extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Counties Londonderry and Antrim
• Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806
  Lists of Passengers Sailing from Ireland to America
• Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy. Third Edition
• Finding Your Irish Ancestors: Unique Aspects of Irish Genealogy
• Basic Guide to Irish Records for Family History
• The Surnames of North West Ireland: Concise Histories of the Major Surnames of Gaelic and Planter Origin
• Derry~Londonderry: Gateway to a New World – The story of emigration from the Foyle by sail and steam
• Tracing Derry~Londonderry Roots
• Defenders of the Plantation of Ulster 1641-1691

Genealogy Reference Books by Brian Mitchell

Published by Genealogical Publishing Company of Baltimore

Source: http://derry.rootsireland.ie/derry-contact.php