Marsha, Morrison is one of the leading Scotch-Irish families in Londonderry, NH from the 1718 emigration. Actually, the only true genealogist from this group, and to whom we owe much gratitude, is Leonard Morrison. Almost all his book are free at Google books. He actually made the trip to Ireland we wish all our ancestors had done, and documented his findings. He has extensive info on the Morrison family in ireland. Yes Donegal is NOW part of the Republic, but back in 1718 that wasn't the case from an ethnic standpoint. Many of the 1718 Worcestor, Mass. settlers were from Donegal and said as much on their tombstone's. Donegal was a major region for fighting from 1640's to the Irish rebellion in the 1790's. Folks coming out of there were mainly S-I. Get the free books first and Leonard may have mentioned a Donegal family. Colin Brooks The 1718 project In a message dated 3/30/2010 9:46:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I have just added a possible 5-gr-grandfather and 6-gr-grandfather to my ancestors. Because this is a VERY new possibility, I am just starting my research on this line. The younger man's name is Patrick Henry Morrison and his father's name is James Morrison. The family history books in my area that have articles submitted by researchers (and I realize are thus suspect) say that James and Rachel Morrison moved to Pittsylvania County, Virginia in the mid to late 1700's from Donegal. Now I realize that Donegal is part of Ulster Province, but NOT part of Northern Ireland---being instead a part of the Republic of Ireland. So the question here is do I suspect SI or do I suspect Irish for the surname Morrison coming out of Donegal? Please, I am not asking anyone to do my research for me, just looking for a small boost if anyone has this answer off the top of their heads.....I am mostly just curious at this very early part of my looking around. marsha in WV ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message