Hi Carol, >James Wesley (Jim) Renfro, 1869-1936 I would not ignore Methodist records. His middle name suggests that he or a parent was Methodist. Could be a cold trail but why ignore a possible clue? ? Does anyone know where to search for >Renfro/Renfroe/Renfrew/Renfrow, etc., in Northern Ireland? The same places you search for all other surnames in Northern Ireland <grin>. You need to learn to do this research. If you don't, you will not succeed. >Does anyone >know where this family originally landed (one place or many)? No one will ever know since we have no landing records. We also don't know how many came -- can't count them. The way you get an idea is check several types of indexes like cd 130, a colonial 'census'. IGI, www.ancestry.com are two others. Also colonial military records and of course the 1790 census will give you an idea of where these families were in the USA. >mystery. Does anyone know whether there were Dunlaps in Ulster or where >I could find this information? Yes, tehre were plenty of Dunlaps in Ulster. There is no single database that provides the information you seek. I could say check the archives for Rev. Martin but he left no descendents of that name in the USA. I have MARTINs directly from Ayrshire. My ex husband has two lines of MARTINs who never left Britanny where MARTAIN is a very very very common surname. Probably more common than Ayrshire. So don't assume they are British though they probably were. French did come over. Best of luck! Linda Merle ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net