I agree with you though I think Burke's reputation was for greater reliability than anyone else in his field. What would you suggest to be the best way to find an i.d. for our missing ancestress? This is her son evidently born about 1755 "Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: Their ... - Page 731 by University of Oxford - 1891 Irish, Samuel Martin, s. William, of Isle of Montserat. arm. UNIVERSITY COLL., matric. 14 Dec., 1772. aged 17 ; created MA 28 June, 1776, bar.-it-law." If you know about Cootehill do you know about a BWI family named White? cheers David On Nov 8, 2007, at 2:27 AM, cecilia wrote: > Burke took what the family gave him. The family may not have known.