"Douglas McCullough" <dmccullough@jam.rr.com> wrote: : I have an ancestor, George McCullough, who sailed from Larne on the brig : Betty in the summer of 1772, and arrived in Charleston, SC, November 1772. <deleted> : Question: Is there any likelihood that there is information about George : McCullough that could be found in Irish records? It's pretty early for parish records, but you might find something in the newpapers of the period. The Belfast News-Letter database shows 26 hits for M'CULLOUGH and 99 for MCCULLOUGH. See http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/bnl/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -