Hi, I'm looking for information about the family of Michael Browning, captain of the ship Mountjoy that broke the boom during the seige of Derry in 1689. According to a tree published on the web, Capt Browning is one of my ancestors. The person who owns the tree has yet to reply to my email, and his sources are not cited on the webpage. I have tried looking into other sources on the web to corroborate this tree, to no avail. It's funny as I thought that there must be something on Familysearch at least, he is the type of figure to have genealogists fall over themselves trying to claim him for their trees. One source I looked at said that the poet Robert Browning wanted to establish a link between himself and Captain Browning which was supposedly proved. I have not been able to find this tree either. Any assistance gratefully received. regards Gabrielle Baker Melbourne Australia

Gabrielle Have you tried contacting the Library at Londonderry City? I was there in 2005 and they had quite a section of the Seige of 1689. So they may be able to tell you more about Captain Browning's family, etc Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabrielle Baker" <gbake@unimelb.edu.au> To: <NIR-DERRY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:29 AM Subject: [NIR-DERRY] Browning > Hi, > > I'm looking for information about the family of Michael Browning, > captain of the ship Mountjoy that broke the boom during the seige of > Derry in 1689. According to a tree published on the web, Capt > Browning is one of my ancestors. The person who owns the tree has > yet to reply to my email, and his sources are not cited on the > webpage. I have tried looking into other sources on the web to > corroborate this tree, to no avail. It's funny as I thought that > there must be something on Familysearch at least, he is the type of > figure to have genealogists fall over themselves trying to claim him > for their trees. One source I looked at said that the poet Robert > Browning wanted to establish a link between himself and Captain > Browning which was supposedly proved. I have not been able to find > this tree either. Any assistance gratefully received. > > regards > > > Gabrielle Baker > Melbourne Australia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message