Beverly: Thanks for your reply. Do you have any idea of how to research these Irish Wests? If my line goes through them, rather than through the Lords de la Warr, how can I find out? Thanks, Paul Beverly Wrote: > Paul, my West family came from South Carolina. My family tradition never > mentioned any royalty, but did say the family was Scotch-Irish, ethnic > lowlander Scots from what is now Northern Ireland. > > Beverly > missbev@theshop.net