The pedigree-hunter will have the required volumes brought to him in the Great Hall erected by Juxon, now used as a Reading or Search Room. _Heralds Office Library._--There is a library of genealogical and armorial works and books bearing on such subjects at the Herald’s Office, Queen Victoria Street. _The Guildhall Library._--Another London Library, where printed books on genealogy can be had in abundance, is that of the Guildhall, which ranks in this way only second to the British Museum Library. CHAPTER VII THE PEDIGREE-HUNTER IN IRELAND As has previously been intimated, the pedigree-hunter, if looking up an Irish family, can discover almost everything he wants (if discoverable at all) in Dublin. So, even if living in some country district in Ireland, all he requires is to locate himself for some time in the Irish metropolis. There he will find, in the Dublin Record Office, the _Wills and Administrations_ which he needs, both Prerogative and Diocesan. There he can revel in the _Chancery_ and _Exchequer Bills_ and _Answers_ which, apart from the direct object of his search, very often supply most interesting and even amusing information. _Cause Papers_, another variation of legal documents, are to be found there; also _Marriage Licence Bonds_ for the whole of Ireland, and, indeed, nearly all the more important documents of the various kinds enumerated in earlier chapters. Besides these, the Dublin Record Office holds the greater number of Irish _Parochial Registers_, either in the original or as copies, both equally valuable to the searcher. This is a great advantage to him, as he may find what he wants in the registers of a country parish while searching in Dublin. But many parishes still keep their registers in their own possession, and have not forwarded any “parochial returns” to the Dublin Record Office. “Inquisitions post-mortem” and “ad quod damnum” of early dates can be consulted there; they are written in Latin, and a novice would not find them at all easy to decipher. The majority of them, however, have been printed in ponderous old volumes, which can be studied by all interested. The pedigree-hunter should go through as many indexes of documents as he can during his visits to this Record Office on the chance of coming across something new and valuable. There are bookcases lined with volumes of indexes round the walls of the Search Room, and others, such as those required for Chancery and Exchequer Bills--known as “Bill Books”--will be given to him on application. Though so much is discoverable at the Record Office, the Dublin searcher must not confine his attention to it, as there are other treasure-houses in that metropolis also. He should certainly make his way to the Registry of Deeds in King’s Inn, for there he will be sure to have valuable finds, and he can search in the office all day long on payment of two shillings and sixpence.