Hi Rosalie, I did a search on the Griffiths Valuation (1851). There were no Richard BELL's there. Couldn't find anything on the IGI. I tried Scotland and England in case they were newcomers to Ireland, but nothing there. However on Griffiths I found the following: Richard BELL's were in the following places: Ravemet. Down Armagh, Hacknahay Armagh, Derrykeeran Dublin, Coombe St Tyrone, Ballynasallas Derry, Bishop Street Tyrone, Gortmore, Omagh Town Antrim and Kildare, (taken from a list of Landowners in Ireland 1876) I didn't search through all of the Griffiths, but the Derry Richard may be of interest. Cheers, MAGGIE arstrim wrote: >I thank everyone for their insights into the place names. The next question >is how do I go about or where do I go to check which place is where John >Thomas Bell is from? From his marriage cert. his parents were Richard Bell >and Margaret Leigh. >Rosalie > > >==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== >Our County Donegal website is: http://www.mindspring.com/~dickod1/donegal/index.htm >If you have genealogy data for Donegal, please submit to URL above. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >