Hello List This is my first posting to this list. Does anyone know of a location with this name? I am delving into my grandmothers family the Pentlands, who came from Gilford, Co Down; Mullaghbrack, Co Armagh; Tartaragan, Co Armagh and later Lurgan, Co Armagh but I have become very aware that they originated in Scotland before that and in Orkey before that. My Gran's Grandfather, who I believe she never knew, was a Robert Pentland who is alledged to have been a Land Agent? If anyone can offer me any information or sources to find out who of the family and when the Pentlands went to Ireland - we suspect c 1670 and that they went to the Ards peninsular of Co Down - I would be very grateful. I have found Pentland connections in to the very origins of the LDS and my cousins in USA have had only the same problems in finding data as have I. Particularly interesting and sought by us is any information on the family and siblings of George William Pentland of Gilford Count Down thought to have been born there in 1778 and who later married Mary Allison Armor Graham. We have two children of that marriage and a deal of their descendants. Other associated families are - Beattie of Aughlsh \ Magheralin, Down, Ireland; McClelland of Greenan, Loughbrickland OR Aughlsh \ Magheralin, Down, Ireland; Frier of Lurgan. I hope some of you may have ideas we can pursue. Colin