Thanks, Emalu....that was indeed my question. I am pretty excited as this may be my first documented "for sure" SI ancestor if I can prove that I do indeed descend from Elizabeth Morrison---daughter of Patrick Henry Morrison. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Marsha On Mar 30, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Quint Hart wrote: > I also have a Morrison line. My is Margaret Morrison born 1810 > daughter > of probably Charles Morrison she married a Dunlop and lived in > Belfast. It > is interesting as the 1880 U S census says that she was born in > Ireland, > her father was born in Ireland but her mother was born in Ohio. > If I understand your question. Morrison is Scottish. As so many > others > did, the family immigrated to Ireland. > > > Emalu > > > > > At 09:46 AM 3/30/2010 -0400, you wrote: >> 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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