Hello Mike Boyd and all other NIR=DERRY researchers. You all seem to be very knowledgeable about the immigration from Ireland. I realize you have been discussing the Scotch-Irish Proceedings and Addresses of the Second Congress at Pittsburgh, PA in 1890, and your comments are concerning immigration into Massachusetts or Maine, but perhaps you know about some migration in about 1730-1757. I have 2 ancestors that immigrated from Ireland. One was a Samuel STURGEON who came with several family members in 1730 and settled in the Paxtang area of PA. We know they came from Ireland, but do not know where they lived in Ireland or what port they came from or into in the US. The other family is MCKEE who came in 1757. My ancestor was Andrew McKee born in 1747, thus was about 10 years old when the family came. Rev. War documents on Andrew indicate that he came with his father and 2 brothers named Thomas and William. We have not been able to find anything which would prove who was the father of these MCKEE'S. Speculation - no proof is that the name of the father was William. Some speculation has also been indicated that the father was Andrew. I am looking for information to prove the father's name. It appears that the family settled in the Cumberland Co. area of PA around Carlisle. My ancestor Andrew later was enlisted in the Rev. at Carlisle, PA in about 1776, and served in several battles until the end of the war. Before that, he was married in Chester Co., PA. to Mary Bamford. One note of interest, is that Andrew named his first son William. There is a MCKEE family that originated in Minnigaff, Kirckudbright, Scotland that if my Andrew is related, was in Calmore, Kilcronaghan, Loughinsholin area of Northern Ireland. If they might have been from that area, is there any possibility of any records being available. I know about the 1922 fire in Dublin which destroyed most of the early records. This family was of the Presbyterian faith. Is it possible there might be any records in the Calmore area? Would you have any suggestions of how and what to search to try to find this family? I would be very happy to have some type of document that would prove the father. One of my fellow researchers here reported that he had found a record in Londonderry proving the father to be William. However, he died before he could report his source, and his wife was not able to find any information to pass on to the rest of us. On a trip my daughter and I took to Ireland several years ago, we searched in Londonderry and in Dublin and did not find any records for this MCKEE family. However, It was a quick search. I would be pleased to hear of your expertise in doing this type of search. Records have been pretty thoroughly searched on this side of the pond. We cannot find anything to prove the father. Thanks for any advice you might have. Ilene Jones