Hello Becky. Benbraddagh mountain forms the back drop to the town of Dungiven in County Londonderry. Ballymakeever is a tiny place, a townland of a few acres just about a mile west of the town. I have looked at the 1828-1834 Tithe Book for the Parish and while I find no McKeevers recorded in Ballymakeever,the following 2 farmers were found in Lenamore which is about another mile further west. Daniel McKeever, Parish : Dungiven Townland : Lenymore{Lenamore} Year : 1834 Henry McKeever, Parish : Dungiven Townland : Lenymore {Lenamore} Year : 1834 I hope this helps you. best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > > I am trying to find information about my family that goes back to > northern Ireland, but we have very little information. The last name is > McKeever, and according to some notes my grandmother wrote," they came > from Northern Ireland, Ballymockeever near Durgiven (Dungiven?) Hillfort Farm in > Derry (Londonderry?). The farm is near the River Roe and at the base of > Mt. Benbroddaugh. " The name I am looking for is James McKeever, born > about 1817 and his wife, Ellen Catharine born 1819. They immigrated to > Canada and that is as far as I can go. > > Any help on how to connect back into Ireland would be wonderful! Thank > you so much for your help and time. > > Becky Harms > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Beyond Hotmail — see what else you can do with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665375/direct/01/