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Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 706 Send Message	♥♪ˇ Karen	Report	22 Dec 2004 10:57
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 706 Send Message	on no.......it all just gets more complicated doesn't it. I need a lightning bolt of inspiration !!
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 607 Send Message	Jeanie	Report	22 Dec 2004 10:11
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 607 Send Message	My very basic understanding is that Cromwell took men from Scotland to fight and quell the Catholic's. Most of the Protestants in Ireland came from these men. Also for work etc there was much movement between Ireland and Scotland. Many of my Scottish rellies were based in Ayrshire but moved between the two over a few generations. There are several Scots-Irish sites, google since I havent got the add. It is a great pain trying to track them down.
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 706 Send Message	♥♪ˇ Karen	Report	22 Dec 2004 09:05
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 706 Send Message	my elusive gt grandfather was George McKinley born in Ireland, about 1863 according to the 1891 & 1901 census. I just found a site which was talking about US president McKinley, & it said the name is an Ulster-Scots surname. Does this mean the family may have been from Scotland originally?? Oh I wish I understood UK history & geography !?!? (PS.my mother was always told that she was related to US president McKinley)