Quote Originally Posted by kilt_nave
Recently I was searching for the Jones surname in respect to Irish County. (My grandmother knows virtually nothing about her Irish grandfather!) I came across this rootsweb page:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/cntynam2.htm
[Remove the (cntynam2.htm) for even cooler stuff...]
Just curious as to the veracity of this information. Does anyone know otherwise? Any Joneses out there? Says we're from Wicklow county (originally, exclusively); hmmm... sounds rather convenient to me. Just because it is on the Internet does not make it true.
You hit the nail on the head with your last sentence, especially when it comes to genealogy: just because it is on the Internet does not make it true. Since you are dealing with a very common surname in the British Isles (Jones), really the only way to truly determine where your group of Joneses comes from is through individual research on your family tree.

Your local genealogical/historical society is a great place to start -- they may have their own research facility, or the local public library -- and don't forget the local LDS church for their family research centers -- the Mormons research mormons & non-mormons alike.

Good luck!

Todd