How long does it take to read Burke's Irish Family Records?
Burke's Irish Family Records by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd takes about 22 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 22 hours 41 minutes
A long haul
First published 1976. 1,237 pages, about 340,175 words.
46 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 37 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 22 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 14 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Burkes Irish Family Records Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, Fifth Edition 2008 Reprint of 1976 Edition ISBN 9780850110500 / 0850110505 DOI 10.5118/bifr.1976 Hard copy and CD-ROM editions also available from the Burke's Peerage Store. Burke’s Landed Gentry has long been an invaluable genealogical guide to notable families and their histories throughout the British Isles. Burke’s Irish Family Records is a reprint of the Fifth Edition of Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland that was first published in 1976. This genealogical reference work details the descendants of 500 notable Irish families whether living in Ireland or settled abroad and is probably the largest collection of Irish genealogies ever published in a single volume.
Subjects: Genealogy, Gentry
