I am new to this list and trying to trace my ancestors from Ireland...any help would be much appreciated. William John SCYTHES c.1807 (sometimes referred to as John Sythes) and his wife Jane MEREDITH c.1810 (father Thomas MEREDITH) emigrated in 1847 from "The Oaks", Ballyfin, near Mountmellick, Parish of Clonenagh and Cloneagheen, Queen's County /Laois/Leix to Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada with their seven children. Other related families who emigrated from the same area to Canada were Jane's sisters Hester/Esther MEREDITH and her husband John BANTING, Sarah MEREDITH and Benjamin BANTING, Susanna MEREDITH and James CLARKE, Maria MEREDITH and William CARTER, and other branches of a widely-spread family tree … FIFE, GOODWIN, HIPWELL, PARKER. The children of William SCYTHES and Jane MEREDITH were: 1. John SCYTHES, schoolteacher died unmarried 2. Thomas SCYTHES married Eliza Ann MCLEAN 3. Susannah SCYTHES married Thomas CLARK 4. Sarah SCYTHES married Robert FIFE 5. George SCYTHES 1841-1921 married Sarah Ann BOAKE 1843-1925 (Linda's g grandparents) 6. Esther (Hettie) SCYTHES married 1.Lewis ALLEN 2.George BLACKSTOCK 7. William died on board ship in 1847 Cheers from Linda