Hi John, a couple ideas come to mind. Street directories is one. http://streetdirectories.proni.gov.uk/ and http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/ You can also check the FHL, but these two above are on line and faster. Also the censuses for 1901 and 1911. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ I would suggest you first identify the name of your mother's parents, if you have not. Marriage records, obit, death records? They would ID her parents' name. Check immigration records to see if you can get a place of birth. Depending on when they came, they might even give a street address. Donno. These are usually online at Ancestry. Death indexes are on line too, but without some info to tie your mother to these ladies, you won't know which ones you are looking for. Our notion of geography (add in history and current events) in Ireland is notoriously bad. One lady who migrated in the 1980s, I think it was, reported that people were asking her if she had emigrated due to the Potato Famine! And a lot of people are surprised to learn they got cars and credit cards -- not just lots of sheep and pubs <grin>. I once read a hilarious story written by a Brit of some stripe who had situated the story in western Pennsylvania. The sagebrush was blowing down the street, the rattle snakes were rattling away, and the cowboys were facing off on main street. And I had a coworker, when I lived in southern California, who had a Chinese cousin phone her up and ask her to pick her up at the San Francisco airport, unaware it was not exactly local (8 hour drive, at least). Well, I'm heading out to feed the cattle. Hope I don't run into any more rattle snakes today. Oops, here comes some sage brush. Oh, and some Indians, on the warpath as usual. Where's the army? Linda Merle ----- Original Message ----- From: "john mcmillan" <yjranch@sti.net> To: scotch-irish@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 11:49:05 AM Subject: Re: [S-I] The Montgomerys of 1718 Linda - My mother was Dorothy Mae Montgomery, born in Butler County, Pa. In the 1930-1940 period, we corresponded with two of my mother's cousins living in Belfast that my mother described as "old maids" I remember them sending Irish calendars at Christmas with black cats symbolizing good luck to the Irish. But don't have any old info or addresses. How do I get some listing of Montgomerys in Belfast in that period of the early 1900's? Thank you for any info. Dr. John R. McMillan P.S/ Oh, I don't think these "old maids" had much education, because when Pearl Harbor attack happened in '41, the cousins wrote to us from Belfast to Penna. and asked if we were anywhere near the "fighting". -----Original Message----- From: lmerle@comcast.net Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 7:35 AM To: scotch-irish@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [S-I] The Montgomerys of 1718 Thanks! You give hope to us all. Linda Merle ----- Original Message ----- From: "D H" <hallmark1@utvinternet.com> To: scotch-irish@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 4:24:05 AM Subject: Re: [S-I] The Montgomerys of 1718 This is my one....Hugh Montgomery (1794-1867) who was the second son of Hugh<http://www.lisburn.com/books/volume5-05.JPG> Montgomery (1743-1832) of Benvarden, Co. Antrim, President of Belfast Chamber of Commerce 1802-03 and founder, in 1809, of Montgomery's Bank, forerunner of the Northern Bank On 31/12/2011 08:00, scotch-irish-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > We're a lot like our ancestors in that we're really attempting to do what > most would consider impossible. Instead of conquering the wilderness we're > trying to research Scots dirt farmers in the 1700s and earlier in Ireland. > It can be done but it is not easy. > > Have you seen this great website that details the early role of some > Montgomeries in Ulster? > http://www.hamiltonmontgomery1606.com/ > > It is basically the story of two private Scots plantations. > > Linda Merle ------------------------------- 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