Thanks Marlene! That sounds like a great lead. I will take a look- and if I find anything I'll let you know. Thanks again, Michelle Holland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlene Clark" <marlene@eazylink.com> To: <TXTYLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 2:43 PM Subject: [TXTYLER-L] Irish settlers > I was just speaking with a friend that was going through a lot of old stuff > that she had kept. One item was a newspaper article that I thought might > interest some of you. It was about the first Irish settlers in Rockland, > Rep. of TX -"that was to become Tyler, Co., TX". They were from Dundee, > Scotland. It goes on to tell about the cemetery, etc. If any of you are > interested, you can probably contact the "Houston Chronicle" in Houston, TX. > The article was in the "State" section of the paper on Oct. 15, 1995. > > Marlene > > > ==== TXTYLER Mailing List ==== > TYLER COUNTY RESOURCES at ROOTSWEB > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/TX/Tyler/ > > >

hello, looking in on your talk, and was interested in "IRISH" settlers up in this corner of the world (EAST TEXAS)....called a friend who was a Chronicle subscriber, and she looking in the archives, and found the article, about Rockland and the cemetery there. However, the family that is referred to were the Sturrock's, and they were originally from Scotland. If you want a copy of the article, I can send it to you. After reading it, I realized that I had probably read it when it originally was in the Chronicle, we were subscribers back then. It is an interesting article. I'm interested in any Irish O'Connor's/O'Conner's, or just Conner's up in this part of the country. Thanks. Melody in Woodville