I just ran across a reference in a personal letter that my Cooke family line is of 17th Century Scottish "planter" stock, and that the Cook name was Protestant and then later changed to Cooke. Is there a history online where I could understand the migration of the Scots down into Ireland in the 17th Century? Leitrim is not usually listed as a destination of these Scots. If they were Protestants, would there have been 17th and maybe early 18th century church records I could look into? Thanks for any guidance, Susan Daily

Susan, Read about the Cromwellian Settlements in Ireland. Your family may be part of that settlement. Noreen Corley McKee Susan Daily <cullivans@gmail.com> wrote: I just ran across a reference in a personal letter that my Cooke family line is of 17th Century Scottish "planter" stock, and that the Cook name was Protestant and then later changed to Cooke. Is there a history online where I could understand the migration of the Scots down into Ireland in the 17th Century? Leitrim is not usually listed as a destination of these Scots. If they were Protestants, would there have been 17th and maybe early 18th century church records I could look into? Thanks for any guidance, Susan Daily ==== IRL-LEITRIM Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, to change from L to D or from D to L, to contact the list administrator, to search the list's archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-LEITRIM.html ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429