I was wondering if anyone could suggest places where I might find information on the people who moved from Longford to Scotland back in 1840s, early 1850. Did they often go back and forth between Ireland and Scotland? If a family patriarch died, would it have been unusual to take him home for burial at that time? My ancestor, Daniel McGrath was born in Longford, then left for Scotland where he married in 1850. His obituary says he was a wool merchant from Longford when he came over from Ireland to Scotland which I assume means he had a few sheep and sold their wool. When in Scotland some of the family worked in the Woolen mills. Was there a shift of workers for Ireland to Scotland in the wool business? Any help anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated. Aileen Coogan acoogan182@earthlink.net

That I would like to know too as my ancestors came from Longford and resided in Edinburgh. Jamie -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: irl-longford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-longford-bounces@rootsweb.com] Im Auftrag von acoogan182@earthlink.net Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2007 16:03 An: IRL-LONGFORD@rootsweb.com Betreff: [IRL-LONGFORD] Longford to Scotland I was wondering if anyone could suggest places where I might find information on the people who moved from Longford to Scotland back in 1840s, early 1850. Did they often go back and forth between Ireland and Scotland? If a family patriarch died, would it have been unusual to take him home for burial at that time? My ancestor, Daniel McGrath was born in Longford, then left for Scotland where he married in 1850. His obituary says he was a wool merchant from Longford when he came over from Ireland to Scotland which I assume means he had a few sheep and sold their wool. When in Scotland some of the family worked in the Woolen mills. Was there a shift of workers for Ireland to Scotland in the wool business? Any help anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated. Aileen Coogan acoogan182@earthlink.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

http://www.channel4.com/learning/main/netnotes/sectionid100663986.htm article on irish migration to Scotland -------Original Message------- From: James Mercer Date: 07/11/07 10:13:55 To: acoogan182@earthlink.net; irl-longford@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-LONGFORD] Longford to Scotland That I would like to know too as my ancestors came from Longford and resided in Edinburgh. Jamie -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: irl-longford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-longford-bounces@rootsweb.com] Im Auftrag von acoogan182@earthlink.net Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2007 16:03 An: IRL-LONGFORD@rootsweb.com Betreff: [IRL-LONGFORD] Longford to Scotland I was wondering if anyone could suggest places where I might find information on the people who moved from Longford to Scotland back in 1840s, early 1850. Did they often go back and forth between Ireland and Scotland? If a family patriarch died, would it have been unusual to take him home for burial at that time? My ancestor, Daniel McGrath was born in Longford, then left for Scotland where he married in 1850. His obituary says he was a wool merchant from Longford when he came over from Ireland to Scotland which I assume means he had a few sheep and sold their wool. When in Scotland some of the family worked in the Woolen mills. Was there a shift of workers for Ireland to Scotland in the wool business? Any help anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated. Aileen Coogan acoogan182@earthlink.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/894 - Release Date: 7/10/2007 5:44 PM .