Hi Cynthia You mention Presbyterian Mitchell's that came to St John, New Brunswick, from Ireland in the mid 1800's. Would you have more details? I have a kinsman, Capt Rufus F Mitchell (born 1822) (a ship's captain) who moved to St John -- one of his sons was the founder of Mitchell McConnell Ltd, insurance brokers in St John. His father was an Irish doctor who moved to Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, from co. Londonderry, Ireland. I would be most interested in comparing notes. Sincerely David Mitchell Cape Town South Africa -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "CYNTHIA MOURO" <aquamarina6@msn.com> To: <Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:26 AM Subject: mitchell..jones... > hi list......after doing some fairly painless searching for family that > came from scotland to boston in the late 1880's ..I think I have been > spoiled by the scottish records but am now ready to jump into the murky > pool of ireland to find two familes that came to st john new brunswick in > the mid 1800's from ireland...the presbyterian mitchells and the church of > england jones family..have just recently joined the list but am really > enjoying the hints from that treasure named linda merle...found the > comments about names spreading to different areas of the isles to be > interesting as the jones name for example I was told was more likely to be > welsh in origin...just a general question about not being able to find a > birth/christening record where the parish records seem fairly > good...thinking the best explanation is either it was just not > recorded...ministers day off?...illegitmacy..or a family who was not given > correct information as to grandparents...informant on a death certific! > ate..son..did not know grandmothers name...any ideas...thanks >