This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeB.2ACI/980.1 Message Board Post: Dee, many of the people who migrated to Abbeville where of Scotch-Irish Descent. There are several books out there that provide wonderful information regarding the Scotch Irish and their migration to America and through America. I just finished a book titled, Scotch-Irish: A Social History by James Leyburn which is a great resource that will answer many of your questions regarding the migration of this great people. Or there are several web sites you can visit and read up on these migratory folks. Here is one to start with: http://members.aol.com/ntgen/hrtg/scirish.html Good luck and enjoy. HOpe this helps.