Try www.irishgenealogy.ie for starters. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:20 AM Subject: Valentine McLaughlin / McLoughlin born 1827 > Hi everyone! > > I just recently found out that one of my ancestors may have come from > County Kildare, and I was wondering if anyone had information about the > family. My ancestors name was Valentine McLaughlin, however there are > many variant spellings including McLoughlin. He was born about 1827. > Sometime between then and 1849 he migrated from Ireland to Scotland, and > then on to the United States in 1852. To the best of my knowledge he was > presbyterian. His first chlid was named Thomas, so if he followed the > naming tradition that would mean that his father's name was Thomas > McLaughlin. I have no proof for this other than the common naming system. > If anyone has any information about the McLaughlin / McLoughlin / etc. > family from County Kildare please let me know! This is the first line in > my family that comes from Ireland, so I'm very unsure of what I should > do... any suggestions would be great! I'm spending the semester in London > so I may even get a chance to visit! > > ~Michael Messinger~ > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >