Hi folks, In researching for someone else, found this in "Ontario Marriage Notices", by Wilson, Thomas B. publisher: Lambertville, N.J. : Hunterdon House,1982, viewed in New England Historic Genealogical LIbrary: P 255 The Church (Anglican Publication) 25 March 1852 In this City on 18th Tullias H ONeill and Jane, eldest dau of William Ritchey, formerly of Ballina Co. Mayo, Ire., by Rev. Stephen Lett . Apparently from reading other things, the majority of the Irish in Ontario were Protestants and appear to have been from places in Ireland OTHER than Ulster. Places like Mayo and Tipperary, not to mention Dublin, once were predominantly Protestant. Those people left. Where did they go? Canada, apparently. (Scanned a few books on the Irish in Canada and that's what they say...). So in any case, here's one from Mayo. I believe this guy was 'well off', the William R. who frequently had an Esq. after his name and married off various daughters. Also search for McRichie, Richie, and Ritchie when searching this searchname. .... etc. I am not researching this man. If I find evidence of migrations when doing other research, I try to copy them out and post them here. The archives are FULL of these. See www.rootsweb.com (Go to Email Archives, select interactive search type in Scotch-Irish, search. Gotta search each year separately. Linda Merle ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net