On Wednesday, Richard Callanan sent along the interesting and informative link regarding the "Myth of theBlack Irish". >From that website I found the following: Links | History and Culture | Irish Migration Resource Center, It also has lots of other places to explore. For instance: the searchable database index for the Belfast Newsletter, which is the oldest continuously published English language newspaper, begun in 1737. All of the surviving newspapers have been indexed completely from 1737 to 1800, I would say a mamoth undertaking! I will spend some time on this site. Thank you Richard, for bringing this imformation to all of us listers. Regards, Judi Graham