Hi Bob over there in N.Z Thanks for your reply, I have just received from a list contact in Ireland a small book called "The annals of the Parish of Derrykeighan" and via the Uni in Belfast, "Ordinance Survey of County Antrim 1830-5 & 1837-8. They make interesting reading of the reading of the times and the political geography etc'. I really wish I could find my GG Grandfathers infromation on his leaving there, but apart from anecdotal information from those long gone I have now assumed they went to the U.S, his peers, that is, and forsome reason, he then arrived in Australia, into the goldfields of western Victoria (Ballarat etc'). Thats all I know of him, so i wa s hoping there may be a link out there in cyber-Genie-Land. I also realise that Johnston was as common a surname as Smith, so the quest becomes more heavy. Bob I'd be rapt if you wouldnt mind looking though, and certainly I'll do the same here for KANE, in these "Un-Indexed" books too ??!!. Best Wishes from Melbourne Don Environmental Petroleum Systems PO Box 5080, Cheltenham. Victoria. Australia 3192 Fax (U.S.A Local Call) 775-521-3674 "Dangerous Goods Listserver" Subscribe at: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/DangerousGoods "Petroliana Australia Listserver" Subscribe at: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/petrolianaAustralia