Hi Lori, Sounds like you are starting out, on the 'net at least (pardon if you aren't). Two fast advices (my computer has been in the hospital for 3 days and I'm catching up on email....): 1. Post to us what info you have, especially the first and last names of the person, where they got off the UFO in the USA to be, etc. Maybe someone is researching the same person. Your email doesn't provide any info for us to help you out. 2. For general, starting out help, this isn't the best place. You can visit www.rootsweb.com and find lots of free help. You can find email lists that are focused on gentle helping of new people. Also the hub for internet genealogy is cyndislist.com . You can find free on line courses at www.genealogy.com/university.html . And if you type in www.google.com and search for free genealogy course you'll find more. www.ancestry.com has a lot of free stuff and very useful info for subscription. www.familysearch.org has much free info and the world's largest genealogy index, as well as free guides to the USA, each state, and Ireland. Best of luck! Linda Merle ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Plops Mom <plopsmom@sbcglobal.net> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:24:52 -0500 >Greetings, > >My ancestor came to the US during the Revolutionary War. He lived in >Ireland at the time he fought against America. He stayed in America >following the war. We know that the name goes back to Scotland. I am >trying to find the best resources that would locate him or his family in >Ireland in the mid to late 1700's. I would appreciate any suggestions you >might have. > >Respectfully, > >Lori > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net