Hi, Tom Strong of Brisbane, Australia! I am delighted to hear from you! I do indeed remember our previous correspondance with your father, Earl Strong of Toronto... the correspondance revealed a fine mind and a good grasp of historical detail. I just regret that our contact came with him so late in his life that he was unable to help us more actively, as I am sure he had some past contact with details that would have helped us today. I also note your reference to the Herron connections.... I am descended from Mary Haron (also spelled Herron) who married my 2 x great grandfather, George Strong, in Drumhome Parish, Church of Ireland, County Donegal, in 1820; so we probably have another connection as well! You would be most welcome to join the Rootsweb Strong-List, and the Strong Genealogy Network. Please take a look at the following URL: http://www.nhb.com/dbstrong/sgnhome.htm There you will find a brief discussion of the SGN and The Strong-List, together with a link to instructions as to how to subscribe. There are no fees and participation is totally voluntary. You used my Geocities email address to contact me, so I know you have seen my website, and the Lineages Directory, which already includes your "Drimhory Strongs". I will update the entry to include you as a researcher and point of contact. We will look forward to your participation and assistance! I am also copying this response to the Strong-List and a group of other researchers also interested in the roots of our Irish Strongs.... including Dale Strong and William L. "Bill" Strong who also corresponded with your father, Earl Strong. They will, I am sure, be glad to welcome you to the list as well. Unfortunately, we cannot offer easy answers, but we are all looking for the clues that will link us as cousins! Regards, David B. "Dave" Strong Email: [email protected] Website, "Researching Strong(e)s and Strang(e)s in Britain & Ireland" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7530 ================================================= To subscribe to the Strong Mail List in Mail Mode, send a message to the following address: [email protected] and put subscribe in the body of the message, beginning Line 1, Column 1. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE. BE SURE YOUR MESSAGE EDITOR IS NOT SET TO ADD YOUR SIGNATURE AUTOMATICALLY. ==================================================== ********************************* -----Original Message----- From: Strong Tom <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 5:50 AM Subject: strongs >Dear David, > In the past you corresponded with my father Earl Strong in Toronto >as did Dale Strong. With the recent death of my mother material came into my >hands about family history and genealogy. > I am curious as to whether any of it has been updated. It refered to a Hugh >Alexander Strong 21/3/1830 of Drimhory with two cousins who migrated to Canada >in the early 1850's. I am aware that oral family history can be distorted but >my father always told me that it was Hugh plus a brother plus a cousin who left >Ireland. Theire was also a sister who married someone called Herron and >migrated with him to Boston. I am sure that this was not wildly distorted as >my uncle Frank was in contact with a Boston dentist who was a descendant of >this union. I believe that this was sometime in the late 1920's. > In addition there was a reference to a theory that the Strongs of Donegal >were the descendants of Scots fleeing a Scottish famine in the 1690's. Is there >any mor evidence on this. > Is there a mailing list that I could be put on to receive further research. >Ican send you a credit card number or arrange for an oversea's cheque to cover >costs. I am not sure I could contribute to any historical research as I seem >to have inherited my mother's math-science brain rather than my father's >history type. > > Yours sincerly, > Tom Strong >PS. I live about as far from Toronto as possible. The GOld Coast just south of >Brisbane in Queensland Australia > > >