Cliff: It is believed that James Johnston was one of the very first to arrive and settle in Franklin Co., Pa. (then it was part of Lancaster Co.). He held a Blunston license issued in 1733, but it covered a prior arrival and claim to land date as much as 3 years or more. This came about when Lord Penn died, his sons Thomas, John, and Richard were for some reason unsure of their legal grounds to continue to sell land and issued deeds, also at that point of time the Penn's hadn't settled with the Indians for that land, so John Blunston (a fellow Quaker & friend of Lord Penn) and his son Samuel issued these Blunston license's which were in effect promissary notes recognizing the settlers prior rights to that parcel of land. While I haven't done a lot of research into the Johnston's, it was a large family, some were neighbors to my Crooks ancestors and they were fellow Presbyterians and friends.Blunston was the High Sheriff at the time and thus had some legal standing. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion > Gordon, > > I should have added that some of my recently found Y-DNA Johnston/e > cousins > had ancestors come to the States - the Carolinas and Pennsylvania...not > sure > about a James. I do have a Johnston Family Newsletter that I write every > so > often - not so often recently because of a move, but I can ask in the next > one. > > Cliff. > 'May the best you've ever seen > Be the worst you'll ever see...' > from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gordon crooks" <glcrooks@bcpl.net> > To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:21 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion > > >> Do you by any chance have a James Johnston who came to American about >> 1730 >> from Antrim? >> >> Gordon >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> >> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:32 PM >> Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion >> >> >>> Denise, >>> >>> I've read some of the responses to your question and would like to add >>> (correct) a few items. >>> >>> The Presbyterian Church and the Church of Ireland are two separate and >>> distinct Protestant denominations with significant organizational and >>> theological differences. Some Presbyterians prefer the use of the word >>> Restoration to Reformation when referring to the great movement, >>> although >>> technically it is a Reformation Church. The Presbyterian Church was >>> originally known as the Church of Scotland. The name was changed for a >>> more >>> universal appeal/application. Our Johnston/e family goes back to the >>> Church >>> of Scotland. >>> >>> The British Crown at one time discriminated against both the Roman >>> Catholic >>> and Presbyterian Churches in Ireland so that a rather peculiar situation >>> arose. Religious Presbyterian Scots who went to Ireland became C. of I. >>> members to avoid the discrimination (as reportedly did a very few Roman >>> Catholics), but they quietly returned to Scotland and the Presbyterian >>> Church for important events such as baptisms, marriages, etc.. Such was >>> the >>> case with our Johnston/e family. My ggggrandfather was born in >>> Scotland, >>> went to Ireland, married and had children in Ireland. Our oral family >>> history indicates that the whole family would go through the expected >>> religious ceremonies at the local C. of I. Church in Ireland and then go >>> back to Scotland and a Presbyterian Church for second baptisms, >>> marriages >>> (love is better the second time around?...lol..., etc.. The net result >>> is >>> a >>> real nightmare for any of my family trying to trace our "roots". Others >>> have the same problem too. >>> >>> As for which denomination has how many members - check out the census >>> records or whatever is available. My understanding was that the >>> Protestants >>> were in the majority in Northern Ireland, but that the Roman Catholics >>> were >>> "catching up"...dunno for certain. >>> >>> Cliff. Johnston >>> 'May the best you've ever seen >>> Be the worst you'll ever see...' >>> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <DSNJ004@aol.com> >>> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:30 PM >>> Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion >>> >>> >>>> Hello Listers, >>>> >>>> It's great to see all of the activity lately. >>>> >>>> Pardon my ignorance but I need to ask. I was raised Roman Catholic. I >>>> asked >>>> my father what his father was raised and he told me Protestant. I have >>>> reading a lot on the list about the Presbyterians. >>>> >>>> Which is more prevelant in Northern Ireland? Is it the Presbyterians >>>> that >>>> are connected to the Church of Ireland? >>>> >>>> My maiden name is LOAN. I have a torn copy of my supposed great, great >>>> grandfather's Naturalization Paper from Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, >>>> Ohio, >>>> USA. >>>> Apparently he could not write as there is an X on the signature line >>>> and >>>> someone >>>> wrote out his name as JOHN LONE. >>>> >>>> My Aunt tells me that the family was from Londonderry but noone like to >>>> mention London so they all said Derry. She also states that the family >>>> name used >>>> to be O'LOANE and the O was dropped and then the E. I found a site >>>> that >>>> has an >>>> old form of the name as O'LUANE or O'LUAIN, the english version being >>>> LAMB. >>>> >>>> I have no other papers and no proof of where this family is from. I am >>>> having a hard time tracing any family. >>>> >>>> My grandfather, Charles LOAN has been gone since 1975, he was born in >>>> Cleveland, Ohio in 1900. There is a possibility that there may be some >>>> Scottish on >>>> his father's side. >>>> >>>> If anyone can clarify my religion questions it would be a big help. If >>>> you >>>> have ever come across the LOAN/LONE name I would love to hear from you. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> Denise S. >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>> Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: >>>> 11/13/2006 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: >> 11/13/2006 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Gordon, I've moved recently and don't have my regular computer up and running, yet. I'm working off my wife's laptop. I've got a Johnston Family Newsletter that I write every so often, and one of our Johnstons has ancestors from PA. I'll try to get her in touch with you as soon as I can. We have only one requirement for receiving our Johnston Family Newsletter and that is Y-DNA testing confirming an I1c haplogroup or a genealogy connection to one of us who has tested as I1c. I've done this in order to make our genealogy research work more productive/efficient, and it is working for us. Not everyone who contacts me likes it. I've had a Johnston lady in Michigan get very irrate with me and refuse to have her husband test. That's life. We, the I1c Johnston/es, are only a small portion of Clan Johnston/e - something like 3% perhaps. Those of us who are really into this have spent countless untold days chasing red herrings in the past and have found that the Y-DNA test eliminates most of red herring searches now for us - a real blessing! Again, I'd like to encourage you to have a related male Johnston take the Y-DNA test. It will help you/us immeasurably. I can cite a recent case of a Johnston lady in Ireland who thought that she was our kin. A Y-DNA test disproved that much to her and our dismay; however, it did put her in touch with a newfound cousin in the States and has been worth its weight in gold to her. Good hunting, Cliff. 'May the best you've ever seen Be the worst you'll ever see...' from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "gordon crooks" <glcrooks@bcpl.net> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:06 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion > Cliff: It is believed that James Johnston was one of the very first to > arrive and settle in Franklin Co., Pa. (then it was part of Lancaster > Co.). > He held a Blunston license issued in 1733, but it covered a prior arrival > and claim to land date as much as 3 years or more. This came about when > Lord > Penn died, his sons Thomas, John, and Richard were for some reason unsure > of > their legal grounds to continue to sell land and issued deeds, also at > that > point of time the Penn's hadn't settled with the Indians for that land, so > John Blunston (a fellow Quaker & friend of Lord Penn) and his son Samuel > issued these Blunston license's which were in effect promissary notes > recognizing the settlers prior rights to that parcel of land. While I > haven't done a lot of research into the Johnston's, it was a large family, > some were neighbors to my Crooks ancestors and they were fellow > Presbyterians and friends.Blunston was the High Sheriff at the time and > thus > had some legal standing. > > Gordon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> > To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:25 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion > > >> Gordon, >> >> I should have added that some of my recently found Y-DNA Johnston/e >> cousins >> had ancestors come to the States - the Carolinas and Pennsylvania...not >> sure >> about a James. I do have a Johnston Family Newsletter that I write every >> so >> often - not so often recently because of a move, but I can ask in the >> next >> one. >> >> Cliff. >> 'May the best you've ever seen >> Be the worst you'll ever see...' >> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "gordon crooks" <glcrooks@bcpl.net> >> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:21 PM >> Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion >> >> >>> Do you by any chance have a James Johnston who came to American about >>> 1730 >>> from Antrim? >>> >>> Gordon >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> >>> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:32 PM >>> Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion >>> >>> >>>> Denise, >>>> >>>> I've read some of the responses to your question and would like to add >>>> (correct) a few items. >>>> >>>> The Presbyterian Church and the Church of Ireland are two separate and >>>> distinct Protestant denominations with significant organizational and >>>> theological differences. Some Presbyterians prefer the use of the word >>>> Restoration to Reformation when referring to the great movement, >>>> although >>>> technically it is a Reformation Church. The Presbyterian Church was >>>> originally known as the Church of Scotland. The name was changed for a >>>> more >>>> universal appeal/application. Our Johnston/e family goes back to the >>>> Church >>>> of Scotland. >>>> >>>> The British Crown at one time discriminated against both the Roman >>>> Catholic >>>> and Presbyterian Churches in Ireland so that a rather peculiar >>>> situation >>>> arose. Religious Presbyterian Scots who went to Ireland became C. of >>>> I. >>>> members to avoid the discrimination (as reportedly did a very few Roman >>>> Catholics), but they quietly returned to Scotland and the Presbyterian >>>> Church for important events such as baptisms, marriages, etc.. Such >>>> was >>>> the >>>> case with our Johnston/e family. My ggggrandfather was born in >>>> Scotland, >>>> went to Ireland, married and had children in Ireland. Our oral family >>>> history indicates that the whole family would go through the expected >>>> religious ceremonies at the local C. of I. Church in Ireland and then >>>> go >>>> back to Scotland and a Presbyterian Church for second baptisms, >>>> marriages >>>> (love is better the second time around?...lol..., etc.. The net result >>>> is >>>> a >>>> real nightmare for any of my family trying to trace our "roots". >>>> Others >>>> have the same problem too. >>>> >>>> As for which denomination has how many members - check out the census >>>> records or whatever is available. My understanding was that the >>>> Protestants >>>> were in the majority in Northern Ireland, but that the Roman Catholics >>>> were >>>> "catching up"...dunno for certain. >>>> >>>> Cliff. Johnston >>>> 'May the best you've ever seen >>>> Be the worst you'll ever see...' >>>> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: <DSNJ004@aol.com> >>>> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:30 PM >>>> Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello Listers, >>>>> >>>>> It's great to see all of the activity lately. >>>>> >>>>> Pardon my ignorance but I need to ask. I was raised Roman Catholic. >>>>> I >>>>> asked >>>>> my father what his father was raised and he told me Protestant. I >>>>> have >>>>> reading a lot on the list about the Presbyterians. >>>>> >>>>> Which is more prevelant in Northern Ireland? Is it the Presbyterians >>>>> that >>>>> are connected to the Church of Ireland? >>>>> >>>>> My maiden name is LOAN. I have a torn copy of my supposed great, >>>>> great >>>>> grandfather's Naturalization Paper from Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, >>>>> Ohio, >>>>> USA. >>>>> Apparently he could not write as there is an X on the signature line >>>>> and >>>>> someone >>>>> wrote out his name as JOHN LONE. >>>>> >>>>> My Aunt tells me that the family was from Londonderry but noone like >>>>> to >>>>> mention London so they all said Derry. She also states that the >>>>> family >>>>> name used >>>>> to be O'LOANE and the O was dropped and then the E. I found a site >>>>> that >>>>> has an >>>>> old form of the name as O'LUANE or O'LUAIN, the english version being >>>>> LAMB. >>>>> >>>>> I have no other papers and no proof of where this family is from. I >>>>> am >>>>> having a hard time tracing any family. >>>>> >>>>> My grandfather, Charles LOAN has been gone since 1975, he was born in >>>>> Cleveland, Ohio in 1900. There is a possibility that there may be >>>>> some >>>>> Scottish on >>>>> his father's side. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone can clarify my religion questions it would be a big help. >>>>> If >>>>> you >>>>> have ever come across the LOAN/LONE name I would love to hear from >>>>> you. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> Denise S. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>>> the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>> Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: >>>>> 11/13/2006 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: >>> 11/13/2006 >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: 11/13/2006 > >

Cliff: Actually I would like to connect with a living Johnston in Franklin Co., especially in or around Waynesboro/Shady Grove area. I have a telephone book for the area and there are about 150 Johnsons and about 30 Johnstons. I am not related to the Johnstons in as far as I know what I am doing is looking at the earliest settlers and finding out what is in their records. In this case land warrants and also someone's will indicated to me that the Crooks and Johnstons knew each other and were friends and neighbors. I am going to Chambersburg tomorrow to do research. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion > Gordon, > > I've moved recently and don't have my regular computer up and running, > yet. > I'm working off my wife's laptop. > > I've got a Johnston Family Newsletter that I write every so often, and one > of our Johnstons has ancestors from PA. I'll try to get her in touch with > you as soon as I can. We have only one requirement for receiving our > Johnston Family Newsletter and that is Y-DNA testing confirming an I1c > haplogroup or a genealogy connection to one of us who has tested as I1c. > I've done this in order to make our genealogy research work more > productive/efficient, and it is working for us. Not everyone who contacts > me likes it. I've had a Johnston lady in Michigan get very irrate with me > and refuse to have her husband test. That's life. We, the I1c > Johnston/es, > are only a small portion of Clan Johnston/e - something like 3% perhaps. > Those of us who are really into this have spent countless untold days > chasing red herrings in the past and have found that the Y-DNA test > eliminates most of red herring searches now for us - a real blessing! > > Again, I'd like to encourage you to have a related male Johnston take the > Y-DNA test. It will help you/us immeasurably. I can cite a recent case > of > a Johnston lady in Ireland who thought that she was our kin. A Y-DNA test > disproved that much to her and our dismay; however, it did put her in > touch > with a newfound cousin in the States and has been worth its weight in gold > to her. > > Good hunting, > > Cliff. > > 'May the best you've ever seen > Be the worst you'll ever see...' > from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gordon crooks" <glcrooks@bcpl.net> > To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:06 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion > > >> Cliff: It is believed that James Johnston was one of the very first to >> arrive and settle in Franklin Co., Pa. (then it was part of Lancaster >> Co.). >> He held a Blunston license issued in 1733, but it covered a prior arrival >> and claim to land date as much as 3 years or more. This came about when >> Lord >> Penn died, his sons Thomas, John, and Richard were for some reason unsure >> of >> their legal grounds to continue to sell land and issued deeds, also at >> that >> point of time the Penn's hadn't settled with the Indians for that land, >> so >> John Blunston (a fellow Quaker & friend of Lord Penn) and his son Samuel >> issued these Blunston license's which were in effect promissary notes >> recognizing the settlers prior rights to that parcel of land. While I >> haven't done a lot of research into the Johnston's, it was a large >> family, >> some were neighbors to my Crooks ancestors and they were fellow >> Presbyterians and friends.Blunston was the High Sheriff at the time and >> thus >> had some legal standing. >> >> Gordon >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> >> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:25 PM >> Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion >> >> >>> Gordon, >>> >>> I should have added that some of my recently found Y-DNA Johnston/e >>> cousins >>> had ancestors come to the States - the Carolinas and Pennsylvania...not >>> sure >>> about a James. I do have a Johnston Family Newsletter that I write >>> every >>> so >>> often - not so often recently because of a move, but I can ask in the >>> next >>> one. >>> >>> Cliff. >>> 'May the best you've ever seen >>> Be the worst you'll ever see...' >>> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "gordon crooks" <glcrooks@bcpl.net> >>> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:21 PM >>> Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion >>> >>> >>>> Do you by any chance have a James Johnston who came to American about >>>> 1730 >>>> from Antrim? >>>> >>>> Gordon >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> >>>> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:32 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion >>>> >>>> >>>>> Denise, >>>>> >>>>> I've read some of the responses to your question and would like to add >>>>> (correct) a few items. >>>>> >>>>> The Presbyterian Church and the Church of Ireland are two separate and >>>>> distinct Protestant denominations with significant organizational and >>>>> theological differences. Some Presbyterians prefer the use of the >>>>> word >>>>> Restoration to Reformation when referring to the great movement, >>>>> although >>>>> technically it is a Reformation Church. The Presbyterian Church was >>>>> originally known as the Church of Scotland. The name was changed for >>>>> a >>>>> more >>>>> universal appeal/application. Our Johnston/e family goes back to the >>>>> Church >>>>> of Scotland. >>>>> >>>>> The British Crown at one time discriminated against both the Roman >>>>> Catholic >>>>> and Presbyterian Churches in Ireland so that a rather peculiar >>>>> situation >>>>> arose. Religious Presbyterian Scots who went to Ireland became C. of >>>>> I. >>>>> members to avoid the discrimination (as reportedly did a very few >>>>> Roman >>>>> Catholics), but they quietly returned to Scotland and the Presbyterian >>>>> Church for important events such as baptisms, marriages, etc.. Such >>>>> was >>>>> the >>>>> case with our Johnston/e family. My ggggrandfather was born in >>>>> Scotland, >>>>> went to Ireland, married and had children in Ireland. Our oral family >>>>> history indicates that the whole family would go through the expected >>>>> religious ceremonies at the local C. of I. Church in Ireland and then >>>>> go >>>>> back to Scotland and a Presbyterian Church for second baptisms, >>>>> marriages >>>>> (love is better the second time around?...lol..., etc.. The net >>>>> result >>>>> is >>>>> a >>>>> real nightmare for any of my family trying to trace our "roots". >>>>> Others >>>>> have the same problem too. >>>>> >>>>> As for which denomination has how many members - check out the census >>>>> records or whatever is available. My understanding was that the >>>>> Protestants >>>>> were in the majority in Northern Ireland, but that the Roman Catholics >>>>> were >>>>> "catching up"...dunno for certain. >>>>> >>>>> Cliff. Johnston >>>>> 'May the best you've ever seen >>>>> Be the worst you'll ever see...' >>>>> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: <DSNJ004@aol.com> >>>>> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:30 PM >>>>> Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Religion >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Listers, >>>>>> >>>>>> It's great to see all of the activity lately. >>>>>> >>>>>> Pardon my ignorance but I need to ask. I was raised Roman Catholic. >>>>>> I >>>>>> asked >>>>>> my father what his father was raised and he told me Protestant. I >>>>>> have >>>>>> reading a lot on the list about the Presbyterians. >>>>>> >>>>>> Which is more prevelant in Northern Ireland? Is it the Presbyterians >>>>>> that >>>>>> are connected to the Church of Ireland? >>>>>> >>>>>> My maiden name is LOAN. I have a torn copy of my supposed great, >>>>>> great >>>>>> grandfather's Naturalization Paper from Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, >>>>>> Ohio, >>>>>> USA. >>>>>> Apparently he could not write as there is an X on the signature line >>>>>> and >>>>>> someone >>>>>> wrote out his name as JOHN LONE. >>>>>> >>>>>> My Aunt tells me that the family was from Londonderry but noone like >>>>>> to >>>>>> mention London so they all said Derry. She also states that the >>>>>> family >>>>>> name used >>>>>> to be O'LOANE and the O was dropped and then the E. I found a site >>>>>> that >>>>>> has an >>>>>> old form of the name as O'LUANE or O'LUAIN, the english version being >>>>>> LAMB. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have no other papers and no proof of where this family is from. I >>>>>> am >>>>>> having a hard time tracing any family. >>>>>> >>>>>> My grandfather, Charles LOAN has been gone since 1975, he was born in >>>>>> Cleveland, Ohio in 1900. There is a possibility that there may be >>>>>> some >>>>>> Scottish on >>>>>> his father's side. >>>>>> >>>>>> If anyone can clarify my religion questions it would be a big help. >>>>>> If >>>>>> you >>>>>> have ever come across the LOAN/LONE name I would love to hear from >>>>>> you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you, >>>>>> Denise S. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>>>> the >>>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>>> Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: >>>>>> 11/13/2006 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>>> the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>> Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: >>>> 11/13/2006 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: >> 11/13/2006 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >