For those of you with this background, Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish, or Ulster Scots = all the same reference, you may wish to take a visit here for some clarification of the term: http://members.aol.com/ntgen/hrtg/scirish.html The lineage of Francis FERGUS, b. 1752 Co Tyrone fits this category - he is my g-g-g-g-grandfather! Cynthia Russell