Thank you so much for your message. Sometimes I want to give up since I have found so little info there in N. Ireland but now you have given me new hope. I am already amazed at the generosity of some of the people on this and other N. Ireland mailing lists. I have had several people look up my information both at PRONI and Linen Hall. Unfortunately, no one has found what I need, yet. Will keep you updated!!! Linda -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [email protected] > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message