Johnston/e. Possibly from the Ballymena area as my father recalled hearing that name mentioned several times by his grandparents. Robert "Red Robin" Johnston, b. ca. 1807 Archibald Johnston, b. 1815 Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay

So Cliff, you think my Ramseys (Ramsays) are originally from Scotland? ;-) >From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> >Reply-To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com >To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Roll Call >Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:05:27 -0600 > >Johnston/e. Possibly from the Ballymena area as my father recalled hearing >that name mentioned several times by his grandparents. > >Robert "Red Robin" Johnston, b. ca. 1807 >Archibald Johnston, b. 1815 > >Cliff. Johnston >"May the best you've ever seen, > Be the worst you'll ever see;" >from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay > > >------------------------------- >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 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Shopping has everything on your holiday list. Get expert picks by style, age, and price. Try it! http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8000,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=200601&tcode=wlmtagline

Susan, I know some Ramsays here in Texas. He has his genealogy going back to Scotland. I haven't had contact with him for sometime; however, he knew the clan that they were attached to, etc.. So, I would say that there is an excellent chance that your Ramsays are Scots. He also said that Ramsey was an English family - totally different although the "a" and the "e" were often interchanged by error. At least you're search is down to 1 island... ;-) All of my genealogy books are still packed from our recent move so I can't refer to them right now, not that I've got anything for certain on Ramsey/ay. Good hunting, 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: "Susan Fowler" <susan09131@hotmail.com> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 11:18 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Roll Call > So Cliff, you think my Ramseys (Ramsays) are originally from Scotland? > ;-) > > >>From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> >>Reply-To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com >>To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> >>Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Roll Call >>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:05:27 -0600 >> >>Johnston/e. Possibly from the Ballymena area as my father recalled >>hearing >>that name mentioned several times by his grandparents. >> >>Robert "Red Robin" Johnston, b. ca. 1807 >>Archibald Johnston, b. 1815 >> >>Cliff. Johnston >>"May the best you've ever seen, >> Be the worst you'll ever see;" >>from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Shopping has everything on your holiday list. Get expert picks by > style, > age, and price. Try it! > http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8000,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=200601&tcode=wlmtagline > > > ------------------------------- > 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