Betty Owen wrote: > That would be very possible there may be a completely separate family > with similar phonics that orginated in Ireland. Hi Folks, I think I've come to the same conclusion myself that maybe the name developed at both places independently. Especially since Sloan is classed as a patronymic name of a Gaelic origins. Ireland & Scotland both have Celtic/Gaelic origins. I suppose prior to 1541 all Sloans were Catholic and only after King Henry VIII did the religious/politicial migrations get geared up. BTW, For an excellent Irish Time Line goto: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Efianna/history/index.html Whenever I run across an interesting tidbit I include it as a part of my Sloan Chronicles at: http://www.panama.phoenix.net/~fmitchel/timeline.html SOMETHING NEW!!! I've been quietly busy the past few days with my new project "The Sloan GenConnect Bulletin Boards" My guilt finally got to me and I sent Rootsweb a donation and one of the bennies was a free Surname Board. Go to my home page listed below and catch the links to Sloan Boards for Bible, Biographies, Deeds, Wills, Queries, and Pension Records. The Great Secondary aspect of the GenConnect Boards is that all data is picked up when you do a Rootsweb Surname Search. There are about 500 hits when you do a Sloan search now. So far, I've only viewed/cleared about a 100 of them. Now is a chance to show everyone the results of your research and you can share it "Virus Free." I would love to see some industrious person post the Capt. David Sloan will. I think it's about 5 pages long! Frank Mitchell -- Apartado 11521, Zona 6 Panama, Republic of Panama Phone day 011-507-261-9757 Email: fmitchel@panama.phoenix.net Visit "The Sloan Connection" at: http://www.panama.phoenix.net/~fmitchel/welcome.html