Familia: Ulster Genealogical Review is the journal of Ulster Historical Foundation's membership association (an historical research co-operative, known as the Ulster Genealogical and Historical Guild). Each year, in December, members receive Familia and a directory of their research interests, entitled Directory of Irish Family History Research. Non-members can purchase copies of these books. Since 1985, Familia has set a consistently high standard of balanced articles of wider historical and biographical importance, and providing all-important practical advice on sources for Irish family and local history in the nine-county province of Ulster. This issue of Familia contains the following articles: The early years of American consular representation in Belfast (George Chambers) Emigrants from Ulster in Prince Edward Island 1770-1790 (Richard K. MacMaster) Civil registration of births, deaths and marriages in Ireland: a practical approach (Catherine Blumsom) History as Destiny in the James Steel Family, from Co. Monaghan to Westmoreland County (Dr Walanne P. Steel) Erskine Mayne: The Rise and Fall of a Famous Belfast Bookselling Dynasty (David Gore) Stirlings in Scotland, Ulster and America (Rev. Dr Hugh & Julia Mullin)