Hello David: A most sincere thank you for your response & the info that you furnished re Gr. Orange Order. I specially appreciate the add. for the order, I certainly will contact them. You mention that I should know, in particular, what religion my people of interest were. They were Protestant, Luthern sect I believe as that was the religion of choice for entire family after immigr. into USA in 1864 but finding church records in Ireland seems mostly impossible w/out having a County to refer to (that is no doubt my biggest stumbling block) Sorry for rambling but it is so very easy to get carried away. Again thank you so much for your help. Bev.