Looking for family of Alexander Mullen ca 1798

Roger,

Thank you so much for your swift reply. I'm planning a trip to the UK again this coming summer and will spend a few days in Ireland while there. Do you have any suggestions where I could search for more information? I'm checking ships on ancestry.com, trying to find when he arrived and if he was alone since he was only 12 when he arrived in America. I wondered if the Rebellion had anything to do with his leaving Ireland, and have searched in the Dublin area without results. Family legend mentioned Wexford, I believe, but I have no idea if that's valid. No one really remembered. Alexander did well once he reached America, became a landowner in several counties, so I wondered if he perhaps had some kind of subsistence when he arrived or was just a very clever lad. As you no doubt perceive, I'm totally lost in where to serach next, so appreciate your Ulster suggestion. I will begin there.

Again, thank you for your swift response, and for helping so many people connect with their past. I am very proud to be of Irish descent, as are so many Americans, and your aid is invaluable.

Sl?inte!

Virginia

Roger,

I've visited a Northern Ireland site last night in my search, but didn't have much luck. I really need to learn how to navigate the search engines properly. I found a Dublin site, and since I know I'm going there this summer, if all else fails I can go to the research center while there to see if I can find anything. My best bet may be to find the ship he arrived here on, as that will help a lot. If I have time, I definitely want to visit northern Ireland. I always thought we came from the southeast, but am pleased to have found clues to Alexander's origins.

Ancestry.com offers a DNA test that I'm going to take once I learn more about how good it is. I've researched another site, and am not certain which is the best. Some reviews were less than good for Ancestry.com, but there are always people who don't get what they expect.

Most of the Irish is on my mother's side, although my dad's side has Scots-Irish and Welsh as well as Dutch. I've managed to trace part of my mother's lineage back to 1058, believe it or not, and was amazed at all that is available online. Of course, other people did most of the work, it seems, though I was able to take the info and do my own verifications. We abound with Jacobites, a castle or two (lost to Cromwell), and I'm sure quite a few rogues. I delight in the rogues. ;-)

I used to live in Maryland as a teenager, back in the 60s, and spent some time on Chesapeake Bay, too. I'm an old dog (hence the difficulty of learning new tricks!), but was a military brat. Maryland is a beautiful state, although I lived right outside DC and that had its trials as well as advantages. I remember Maryland quite fondly,

Thank you for the link. I will check it out next.

Slainte!

Virginia

Roger,

I've visited a Northern Ireland site last night in my search, but didn't have much luck. I really need to learn how to navigate the search engines properly. I found a Dublin site, and since I know I'm going there this summer, if all else fails I can go to the research center while there to see if I can find anything. My best bet may be to find the ship he arrived here on, as that will help a lot. If I have time, I definitely want to visit northern Ireland. I always thought we came from the southeast, but am pleased to have found clues to Alexander's origins.

Ancestry.com offers a DNA test that I'm going to take once I learn more about how good it is. I've researched another site, and am not certain which is the best. Some reviews were less than good for Ancestry.com, but there are always people who don't get what they expect.

Most of the Irish is on my mother's side, although my dad's side has Scots-Irish and Welsh as well as Dutch. I've managed to trace part of my mother's lineage back to 1058, believe it or not, and was amazed at all that is available online. Of course, other people did most of the work, it seems, though I was able to take the info and do my own verifications. We abound with Jacobites, a castle or two (lost to Cromwell), and I'm sure quite a few rogues. I delight in the rogues. ;-)

I used to live in Maryland as a teenager, back in the 60s, and spent some time on Chesapeake Bay, too. I'm an old dog (hence the difficulty of learning new tricks!), but was a military brat. Maryland is a beautiful state, although I lived right outside DC and that had its trials as well as advantages. I remember Maryland quite fondly,

Thank you for the link. I will check it out next.

Slainte!

Virginia

Roger,

I've visited a Northern Ireland site last night in my search, but didn't have much luck. I really need to learn how to navigate the search engines properly. I found a Dublin site, and since I know I'm going there this summer, if all else fails I can go to the research center while there to see if I can find anything. My best bet may be to find the ship he arrived here on, as that will help a lot. If I have time, I definitely want to visit northern Ireland. I always thought we came from the southeast, but am pleased to have found clues to Alexander's origins.

Ancestry.com offers a DNA test that I'm going to take once I learn more about how good it is. I've researched another site, and am not certain which is the best. Some reviews were less than good for Ancestry.com, but there are always people who don't get what they expect.

Most of the Irish is on my mother's side, although my dad's side has Scots-Irish and Welsh as well as Dutch. I've managed to trace part of my mother's lineage back to 1058, believe it or not, and was amazed at all that is available online. Of course, other people did most of the work, it seems, though I was able to take the info and do my own verifications. We abound with Jacobites, a castle or two (lost to Cromwell), and I'm sure quite a few rogues. I delight in the rogues. ;-)

I used to live in Maryland as a teenager, back in the 60s, and spent some time on Chesapeake Bay, too. I'm an old dog (hence the difficulty of learning new tricks!), but was a military brat. Maryland is a beautiful state, although I lived right outside DC and that had its trials as well as advantages. I remember Maryland quite fondly,

Thank you for the link. I will check it out next.

Slainte!

Virginia

Roger,

I've visited a Northern Ireland site last night in my search, but didn't have much luck. I really need to learn how to navigate the search engines properly. I found a Dublin site, and since I know I'm going there this summer, if all else fails I can go to the research center while there to see if I can find anything. My best bet may be to find the ship he arrived here on, as that will help a lot. If I have time, I definitely want to visit northern Ireland. I always thought we came from the southeast, but am pleased to have found clues to Alexander's origins.

Ancestry.com offers a DNA test that I'm going to take once I learn more about how good it is. I've researched another site, and am not certain which is the best. Some reviews were less than good for Ancestry.com, but there are always people who don't get what they expect.

Most of the Irish is on my mother's side, although my dad's side has Scots-Irish and Welsh as well as Dutch. I've managed to trace part of my mother's lineage back to 1058, believe it or not, and was amazed at all that is available online. Of course, other people did most of the work, it seems, though I was able to take the info and do my own verifications. We abound with Jacobites, a castle or two (lost to Cromwell), and I'm sure quite a few rogues. I delight in the rogues. ;-)

I used to live in Maryland as a teenager, back in the 60s, and spent some time on Chesapeake Bay, too. I'm an old dog (hence the difficulty of learning new tricks!), but was a military brat. Maryland is a beautiful state, although I lived right outside DC and that had its trials as well as advantages. I remember Maryland quite fondly,

Thank you for the link. I will check it out next.

Slainte!

Virginia

Thanks!