Nancy: I thouroughly enjoyed your message ,particularly OLD VIRGINIA.What I gleaned from that was; That most of the SCOTH IRISH didn't start coming until abt. 1720.That is into Old VIRGINIA.I had the idea that the area around JAMESTOWN was pretty much settled by the English. Any way I have been following the BAIRD line and some say they came from Scotland,but because they seemed to be favored by the king and governor and were able to accumulate large tracts of land and build dams etc.,Therefore ,I thought they would be from ENGLAND rather than SCOTLAND.They were doing big business by 1700.,moved to N.C and continued their dam ,saw and grist mills.Then in ASHE Co. N.C.they appeared on a list claiming damages and were listed as LOYALISTS. You seem to be quite knowlegeable. concerning this time period and just wanted to pick your brain. Thanks very much Fred Baird I've just added three > new pages, two are excerpts from old history books, the first below > > has some wonderful illustrations from the book, as well: > > History of Lancaster County, PA, from a book published in 1843: > www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/Historical_PA_Collections > > History of the "Scotch-Irish" in Old Virginia and her Neighbors, > from a book pub. in 1897: > http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/Old_Virginia > > Old Pennsylvania Postcards > www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/Pennsylvania_Postcards > > Nancy Brister, researching: > Baldridge, Cain, Courtney, Curtis, Carmichael, Dawkins, Doty, > Garmon, Garrett, Hanon, Jackson, McCormick, Matthews, > Osborne, Sharp, Stampley, Stringer, Turrentine, Warren & more! > > > > > > ==== VASURRY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check out the Surry County, Virginia, Historical > Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/ > List Mistress is Eve Gregory schsva2@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >

Fred, I'm glad you enjoyed the Old Virginia page. I wish I had the knowledge you so kindly give me credit for having. Unless those of us who have English, Scottish and Irish ancestors can track our families down individually, it's difficult to make a 'guesstimate' as to which country they might have immigrated from. In so many cases, at different times and for varying reasons, our Irish ancestors may have wound up in England and our Scottish in Ireland (or vice versa), before leaving to come to America. I don't know if I can be of very much help with your Baird line, but I've accumulated a goodly number of resources, especially concerning early English and Carolina Scots. I'll have a look at some of these and see if I find anything that might be helpful and get back to you off-list. Nancy Nancy: I thouroughly enjoyed your message ,particularly OLD VIRGINIA.What I gleaned from that was; That most of the SCOTH IRISH didn't start coming until abt. 1720.That is into Old VIRGINIA.I had the idea that the area around JAMESTOWN was pretty much settled by the English. Any way I have been following the BAIRD line and some say they came from Scotland,but because they seemed to be favored by the king and governor and were able to accumulate large tracts of land and build dams etc.,Therefore ,I thought they would be from ENGLAND rather than SCOTLAND.They were doing big business by 1700.,moved to N.C and continued their dam ,saw and grist mills.Then in ASHE Co. N.C.they appeared on a list claiming damages and were listed as LOYALISTS. You seem to be quite knowlegeable. concerning this time period and just wanted to pick your brain. Thanks very much Fred Baird I've just added three > new pages, two are excerpts from old history books, the first below > > has some wonderful illustrations from the book, as well: > > History of Lancaster County, PA, from a book published in 1843: > www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/Historical_PA_Collections > > History of the "Scotch-Irish" in Old Virginia and her Neighbors, > from a book pub. in 1897: > http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/Old_Virginia > > Old Pennsylvania Postcards > www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/Pennsylvania_Postcards > > Nancy Brister, researching: > Baldridge, Cain, Courtney, Curtis, Carmichael, Dawkins, Doty, > Garmon, Garrett, Hanon, Jackson, McCormick, Matthews, > Osborne, Sharp, Stampley, Stringer, Turrentine, Warren & more!