Hi Owen, I am in about the same boat as you. I know my Rice and Flanagans came from Maghermayo, Parish of Drumgooland, but I don't know specifically how they are related to me; I know they are related. My grandmother was born in 1885 and she lived in Montana while we lived in California and she died when I was 12 and at that age I never thought to ask for specific family information. Even my mother and her 6 siblings all thought our Flangans and Rices always came from Kinghill where Grandma was from. This record is interesting: Sept 3, 1812 Bridget of Peter Rice. Sps. Peter Davey and his wife(sic) Marriage: Pat Davey of Mageradrool(ie Parish, I beieve, not the townland of the same name) and Bridget Rice of Magheradrool. Lic by Mr. Reavey ac by Mr Carman(sic) I wonder if Mr. Reavey is a from of McCreevey (Rice). My Great Grandmother Elizabeth Rice Flanagan had a sister Bridget Rice but they were born in Islandmoyle, Parish of Clonduff and their father was from Magheramayo, Droomgooland Parish. Edward Rice was a blacksmith and married Bridget Brannigan and evidently moved in with her family in Islandmoyle. Sadly they both died from TB during the Great Famine about 1851 or 1852, leaving their little daughters orphaned. The younger sister, Bridget took on the name of their aunt and uncle - Carr (Kerr), who raised my Great Grandmother and her sister Bridget Rice Carr Colgan. The Carrs were from Cabra, Clonduff Parish. On a sunny but cold day in California, Margaret (Máiread) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Owen Davey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:56 PM Hi Margaret. Thank you very much for your informative message which I will keep in my records.. In my research of my Davey family ancestors in County Down, Magheradrool and Loughinsland parishes I found the following entries, both from the RC parish church register in Ballynahinch which i personally examined in 1989.: These family relations thus go back into the 18th cent. At this remote how I might relate specifically to these people is impossible to determine. But my Davey roots go back to this time period in thsi place so I beleive that in some way I am indeed related to them all. On a snowy night in eastern Canada, Regards, Owen Since I only researched my own family connections through these registers I do not doubt that there are many other Rice family members referd to their.