Hello there to all on the list My name is Donald Reid, from Wellington, New Zealand. My grandfather, one Alfred Reid, gives his birth date as 29/10/1884 and his place of birth as Manchester, on his NZ marriage certificate. So, what am I doing on an Irish list? Well, I have had all likely dates in Manchester checked, and tried Preston as well, but to no avail. It seems that his family may well have been Catholic and I am starting to wonder about an Irish connection; a family that moved to Manchester some time in the 1880s, perhaps. Alfred gives his father as James Reid and his mother as Margaret (nee McLennon). So, can anyone please enlighten me, were there Reid's in Ireland and if so, where were they distributed? I am hoping there might be a concentration of them in a few parishes, but that is probably hopelessly optimistic. I know that Reid exists in Scotland as well as England, so some may have crossed the Irish Sea in time gone by, but was the name also used natively in Ireland? Any help or suggestions gratefully received. By the way, if some kind person is thinking of looking up, or is able to lookup, records such as census data, I believe the birth date given is a little out, as it does not tie in with the age given on the marriage certificate, and his wife was older, so perhaps he was trying to lessen the age-gap. Something between 1884 and 1890 is probably close. Regards Donald