This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McFarland, Brown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FG0.2ACIB/121.262 Message Board Post: Hi Claire, I'm not sure if this is still an active thread or not - but as I have just started researching my family I thought I'd leave a message. My McFarland ancestors originated in Omagh, Co Tyrone. Robert McFarland (my GG-Grandfather) married Isabella Brown around the late 1870's. Isabella Brown was adopted, so we're not sure if that was her real name or not. They had 8 children: Annie; Elizabeth (my G Grandmother who married John (Jack) Sim Porter); Margaret; Johnny; Fanny (who later became known as Frances); Isabella; Robert and Rebecca (known as Ruby). Most of the McFarlands left Ireland for Scotland, settling in Glasgow, around the turn of the century - but I think Robert and Isabella remained in Ireland. If you have any information regarding any of the above it would be appreciated. Many thanks, Barbara