Hi, Linda and other Antrim-listers-- When I was in Glenarm several years ago looking to find some cousins, there were no phone book listings with the?surname I was looking for. I happened into the local community center to see if they could help me. No one was in the office, but a group of older ladies were having a knitting circle in the building, and they were wonderfully helpful.?They directed me to the farm that my ancestors used to own and told me how to find some cousins (none of whom still had the surname, but they remembered the maiden name of one cousin's mother). The first cousin I happened on told me about many others. The highlight of my visit was tea with a distant cousin who had a family tree painted on the wall of her entryway. I showed her where it had my great-grandfather's name at the end of one branch with the designation "went to Canada." I told her she should put a postscript on that: ". . .and had twelve children!" So--remember, old ladies (and probably old men, too) have loooonng memories! I don't know about Ballymena because it's quite populous, but people in the small towns of Antrim have local family connections that go back for centuries. I have found most Irish people to be very hospitable, warm and friendly, and I think most of them really like having Americans come back to the "ould sod" looking for their roots. Good luck! (And let us know when you come back if you found any relations.) Mary Ann Grimes Carey Spokane, WA