Hi I have tried twice to post messages and have had them returned. Having had the computer 'tweaked' here we go again. It has been lovely to lurk on the sidelines though, and observe the other postings. My Irish Palatines were CORNELIUS'S. Adam went over I believe with the 1709 sailing and it looks as if he married an Irish girl but we can't find out for sure, her name was Kathleen (of Rathkeale, where else) They had a son John, believed born Scotland who married Ann Brodie (a Scottish girl) and they had my 3 x Gt Grandfather Peter CORNELIUS who married M ary SCOTT, born Glasgow but living with Peter in Ayrshire. Has anyone else got a link to this line? I have been able to buy a book, from Hay on Wye, which is called The Herbal of the Count Palatine. Has anyone else got this book, it's brilliant. Hazel