Sean, Sorry to be so long in looking: I did not find either FEE or ROCHE in the Index of Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan. Hugh On Jan 31, 2012, at 5:14 PM, sean roche wrote: > > HI, > > I would be very interested in buying a copy of this book if it included any of my ancestors names - I know they went somewhere ??? > >> From Ulster the surname of interest would be FEE, and from the West of Ireland/Galway I am looking for the ROCHE surname. > > REGARDS, > > SEAN > > > > >> From: rglindsay@comcast.net >> To: scotch-irish@rootsweb.com >> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:26:31 -0700 >> Subject: Re: [S-I] Thoughts on replying to an American etc letter >> >> Hello List: >> >> Page three of "IRISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE LAND OF CANAAN" refers to a David >> Lindsey and a letter he wrote from County Tyrone in 1758 to his Fleming >> cousins in Pennsylvania (really New Jersey). Accumulated evidence suggests >> that this man is my gggGrandfather David Lindsay. >> >> Because I (after much looking) was unable to initiate a new thread, I'm >> adding this post in reply form. If this County Tyrone David Lindsey (or you >> may be a descendent of Malcolm Fleming) is perhaps of interest to you, let >> me know as I have 'stuff' to share! >> >> Linda, the "Start a new thread" instructions are: To post a new message on >> any board, click on the "Begin New Thread" link in the upper portion of the >> screen. This can be done at the home page of any board or when viewing a >> specific message on a board. >> >> I simply could not follow these instructions . . . send help! >> >> Bob Lindsay >> >> Email Checked by Norton >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: scotch-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:scotch-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Hugh Nevin >> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 6:24 AM >> To: scotch-irish@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [S-I] Thoughts on replying to an American etc letter >> >> Hello Tom, >> >> The book is IRISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE LAND OF CANAAN: LETTERS AND MEMOIRS >> FROM COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA, 1675-1815. It is written and >> edited by Kerby A. Miller, Arnold Schrier, Bruce D. Boling, and David N. >> Doyle. Oxford University Press published it in 2003. >> >> Perhaps the best brief description of the book is in this Preface paragraph: >> "Each of the book's chapters focuses on one or more specific immigrants and >> on the documents they wrote or dictated. Thus, the chapters constitute a >> series of historical essays, each can stand alone, but together they >> represent at once the disparate character, the common themes, and the >> mosaiclike texture of early Irish migration." >> >> I did not find Spier/Speer in the Index. >> >> Regards, >> >> Hugh >> >> On Jan 22, 2012, at 6:39 AM, Tom Speer wrote: >> >>> Hugh, >>> I am trying to trace the origin of a gggrandfather William Speer whose >>> tombstone in Donegal gives his date of birth as 1781and age 84 years. He >>> was a presbyterian who lived at Ballyboencuragh on the Ramelton road from >>> Letterkenny. An 1847 survey of the then Manor Grove Estate shows a William >>> Spier Sen. (and a William Spier Jun.) as tenants of part of >> Ballyboencuragh. >>> I should appreciate details of the book to which you refer as it seems >>> relevant. Thank you and kind regards. >>> Tom Speer >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Hugh Nevin" <hnevin@nycap.rr.com> >>> To: <scotch-irish@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 3:50 PM >>> Subject: Re: [S-I] Thoughts on replying to an American etc letter >>> >>> >>>> Joe and Linda, >>>> >>>> I happened to be online as Linda's reply came in. I've just looked >>>> quickly at the County Donegal listings in the Index of Irish Immigrants. >>>> I didn't see the specific phrase. Of the two references that caught my >>>> eye, the following (p. 107) seems a possible reference: "By at least the >>>> 1720s the fertile parishes of east Donegal,...were a major source of >>>> Presbyterian emigration that continued and perhaps accelerated after the >>>> American Revolution." >>>> >>>> Hugh Nevin >>>> >>>> On Jan 21, 2012, at 10:07 AM, lmerle@comcast.net wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Joe, actually it is from that book. I am busy and cannot promise you >>>>> that I will find the time to research this for you. Perhaps try again. >>>>> Google books is not likely to be useful for searching a book that is in >>>>> copyright. The traditional way -- reading the book -- or using the index >>>>> may help and if I get some time, I will try the index. >>>>> >>>>> Linda Merle >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Joe Flock" <joe.flock@yahoo.com> >>>>> To: SCOTCH-IRISH@rootsweb.com >>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 6:04:17 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: [S-I] Thoughts on replying to an American etc letter >>>>> >>>>> Hi Linda, >>>>> >>>>> Is this in Emigrants and Exiles? Do have the page reference or even the >>>>> exact phrase? I have the book and have searched it several times but >>>>> can't find this quote. I even tried using Google books to search it then >>>>> reading the paper pages for the ones Google isn't displaying and still >> no >>>>> luck. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Joseph Flock III >>>>> >>>>> Linda wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Besides all that, Kirby Miller says in his book on Irish emigration that >>>>> Donegal lost much of its population long before the (recent) Potato >>>>> Famine. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message