This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harrison, McGimpsey, Nichols Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jhh.2ACIB/5384.1 Message Board Post: I cannot tie us together, but I am researching Joseph Harrison, his wife Catherine McGimpsey and his brother John of Co. Down Ireland and would love to learn if you run across this folks in your search. Joseph sold his property to John and he, with Catherine and thier children moved to Canada in 1820. Common repeated first names passed from family to family among the Harrisons were William, Robert, Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Sarah and Catherine. They are common enough that we may not be related but ... I will keep you in mind as I search and ask the same...