Scottish ancestors from Ireland

Hi,

Thank you for our message. You obviously have done alot of work on your family history!

It may be difficult to locate these families without knowing a more specific area of Ulster that they came from. Do you have any documentation that mentions any placenames in Ulster? Have you looked at the baptism cert for Mary? Did her parent's names match also?

The family names seem to vary also, so this will make your search a bot more difficult aswell.

Perhaps you could try contacting the Ulster Historical Foundation for help, however they may charge a fee for their services. Here are their contact details:

Ulster Historical Foundation,

49 Malone Road,

Belfast BT9 6RY,

Northern Ireland.

Phone: +44 (0) 9066 1988   Email: enquiry@uhf.org.uk

I hope that this helps.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Hi once again.

I have come across another message on the Ahoghill, Co. Antrim page. This message is also asking about Closs ancestors in Northern Ireland

The anscestor being researched is John Edward Closs, born 1778. He emigrated to Canada. Do you know if any members of your Closs family emigrated to Canada or was it just Scotland?

It may be a longshot that this John Edward is related to your family, but I thought I would give you the link to the message anyways.

http://www.irelandxo.com/group/ahoghill-antrim/messages/information-john-edward-closs

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

I do not have the original baptism certificate, just a record from both Ancestry and Family Search.  Her parents names match, as does the birth year, but honestly, how many Mary Annes were born to a Thomas and Mary Donoldson in Ireland in 1836?  Aren't those very common names?

I do not have any Irish information or Irish documents at all from these folks who came from Ireland to Scotland.  In fact, until I researched this part of my tree last year, and found actual proof in the forms of birth, death and marriage certificates, I didn't even know that anyone in my family was FROM Ireland.

I was afraid to tell this to my mother, who was so proud of her Scottish heritage, but then I did.  Her reaction was delight: "I knew there was a reason I've always loved St. PAtrick's Day" she said.

However, now I am stuck with eight lines of great grandparents who immigrated from Ireland to Scotland in the mid 1800s and I have absolutely no idea of their Irish origins.

The other lines are Peffer/McGee/Rae/Matson, all born 1800-1815, all moved to the Lanarkshire area of Scotland in the 1830-1840 time frame, all  miners, all Protestant.  I'll put a post out for these folks, as well. 

Thank you for your help!

Rebecca Lynch

USA