kevin malikowski paula talbot wrote: >I am having much trouble searching the surname Mitchell. Does Mitchell seem to be a Scotch/Irish name??? > >I can only get as far as 1799 when James Mitchell was born in Alleghany Co. Pa. Being this was a large Scotch/Irish area I am thinking this is the way to direct my research. > >I have been stuck on this family for yrs. and yrs. Any suggestions?? > >Thank you, Paula > > > > Lots of Mitchells here in Northern Ireland and in Scotland too...no doubt largely Presbyterian.