Merry Christmas All, Another amazing year full of discovery and uncertainty. Here is a good reason to have a familytree website. A local historian researching Ballynure Northern Ireland browsed into the MACOMB family website. They contacted us. The Mayor of Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, sent this illustrated card to me (she's in the forfront). They have discovered the business location of John Gordon MACOMB b1717 in Ballynure, father to William and Alexander MACOMB Sr,. of Detroit. They are searching for the orginal location of their farm in Dunturkey, a locality in Ballynure Northern Ireland only known to locals. http://www.interlog.com/~mmccombs/Xmas_in_Ballyclare.jpg I'm researching John Gordon MACOMB from the Hoosack Valley, New Hamphire Grants in Vermont/NY pre 1777. Also, I have posted two pictures from this summers travels at the Tall Ships event on the Great Lakes in Port Colborne Ontario, Canada. I'm dressed to what I think William McComb Sr. of Detroit would have been c1790. My friend Millie dressed as a pirate. Oddly enough William had a woman partner (ANSE) in the early NWCo. who was described as a swashbuckler. http://www.interlog.com/~mmccombs/murmil.jpg The "Pride of Baltimore"; a recreated War of 1812 merchant ship under sail, not unlike William's later merchant lake ships. http://www.interlog.com/~mmccombs/1812schooner.jpg Best wishes to you and yours in the New Year. Murray McCombs Toronto, Canada.