I hope everyone is having a great weekend. After a 2 year hiatus from doing my research (largely due to laziness!!) I'm on the hunt again for my ancestors. I have had a 9 year road block with my great-great grandfather named Anthony (also seen on records as Andrew and once as John) Wright. He was born in Co. Monaghan in either 1822 or 1823 (based on his death cert from Shettleston, Lanark, Scotland in 1872). Anthony married Ann MADILL (also seen as McDILL and MAIDALL) around 1843 in Co. Monaghan, location unknown. Anthony's parents were George WRIGHT (listed as "small farmer") and Mary MADILL (possibly he married a second cousin since this is his wife's maiden name also?). Ann's parents were listed as Matthew MADILL and Mary DEVLIN. I have been unable to pinpoint their exact home town but at the local LDS center I did find a common denominator town of Dartree for the WRIGHT, MADILL and DEVLIN surnames. I do know that they were protestant. I have records for the births of all but one of his children (William Henry Wright was born in Ireland also about 1845 in Monaghan). This has proven to be a very frustrating situation where I cannot take my own last name past 1822. I have also cross checked with Scotland on George and Mary Wright to see if perhaps they were from Scotland but went to Co. Monaghan for farmland, etc. and then Anthony came back but haven't found anything yet. Anthony came to Shettleston via Thornliebank in the late 1840's early 1850's and then Ann passed away in 1859 from stomach cancer. Ann would have been born about 1826 according to her death certificate. What advice would anyone offer as to how to proceed?? I have had others glance at Griffith's for me but it hasn't shown anything concrete. What would the next best step be? I know many good records were lost in Ireland so this will be a difficult task. No matter what the cost I want to move forward to find out more about my immediate family. It's frustrating as I have other parts of my lineage going back to the 1680's but my own surname stops in 1822. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Take care! Regards, Gregor Wright Lititz, PA USA