Sharon: Thanks for all the information. There is a family rumor that our Arch White came from Ireland originally, so this may be a connection for us. We'll have to keep digging and find out..... Donna O'Brien

Donna...Archibald is a name that is often found in the Young family also. And I find it interesting that the large Scots/Irish settlement in Augusta Co., VA was referred to as the 'Irish Tract.' The clues that helped me connect to this Lamont family were what Dad always told us kids as we were growing up: 1) he said we were Irish, 2) he said we were from VA, 3) he said our name had not always been 'Young' but that it had been changed back in history, so far back that the original name had been forgotten, and 4) he said our name had been changed because we were on the wrong side of the law. Now...that last reason threw me for a while until I researched the clan form of government. The strongest clan ruled...they were literally 'the law.' So my ancestors hiding out in Ireland from Clan Campbell were actually thought of as outlaws. I was able to connect to research done in the 1920s by an Irish genealogist by the name of Mary Semple. I have found several families in America who carried down the story of the name change. The best family history book I have ever read was about one branch of my Young family....John Young, KY Pioneer and His Kin by Jessamine Young Wooton, published in 1972. When I bought this book in 1977 and read the same story in it that Dad had always told us, I knew I was on the right track. It took me 23 more years to make a proven connection but, oh, it was so worth it! Sharon Young Jebavy <>< ShaLamont@wideopenwest.com