There are very few Irish Palatine records prior to 1740. I believe that Hank Jones commented that many were destroyed (in a fire?) at that time. I know that for my family, there are no records that I have found that make a clear connection between the immigrants and the first Ireland-born generation. There is an intersting Margaret Fizzell of that generation who married a Peter Sparling and went with the New York migration in 1760. I have no information on her parents or siblings. My ancestor was called "Adam ye Younger," which makes one suspect that he is the son of Johann Adam, but no records have been found to support that. There were 2 other Fizzell (Fischel) brothers among the immigrants. Bob Fizzell Tom Upshaw wrote: >...As I vaguely recall there >was also an explanation for how it was reasonable that there was no >record for her (incomplete church records or whatever, I can't recall >now). It is rather unlikely that she was unrelated to all the other >Switzers in the same Irish Palatine settlement. An interesting >mystery. I would certainly be interested if anyone has any further >information about Joanna/Juliana. >Tom