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Kate
Have you tried the Ferguson's of Ireland website?
It is on Rootsweb(Free!) and covers them in Cavan and Armagh, etc. Great site and loads of references. You may find what you need.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colin/FergusonsOfIreland/index.htm

The IGI is well known for mistakes--many records were hand written years ago and submitted to the LDS church.
Cheers
Lyz Morrow Staman

MORROW family of Ballyjamesduff

Hi Keeweegal:
To help you, I need the following info on your MORROWs:

1. Mary Anne and Jane--birth and death dates-get from certificates, and on their marriage cert, who were witnesses? sometimes are relatives.

2. Also need names of their husbands, can be another clue as they may be from Cavan.

2.  Look at their children's names--many first son's and daughters followed a naming pattern from "the old country" and may show the parents/ grandparents names.

3. What religion were they? I have some early Methodist, Presby and Ch of Ireland records for Bjduff that I researched in Belfast a few years back.

4. Look at ship manifest for "Zealandia"and see other names from County Cavan , or Ireland (sometimes dthey did not list their home)-most "ladies" at the time travelled with a male, or in a group.

3. What town did they settle in in NZ? Where their names in the local newspaper--check this out also. I have some Morrow lines on the  north island, and around Christchurch.

4. I would dig up as much as you can on the NZ end before jumping the pond--the Cavan Genealogy Research Centre does a great job--you pay for it, but they are efficient. Hope this helps...
Cheers
Lyz Morrow Staman

Researching these County Cavan lines, all around Ballyjamesduff 1700s-1930s:
HOGG (to NZ)
MORROW (to Canada, Aus, and NZ)
HENRY
BYERS/BYARS (to Canada)
EVANS
CORKINDALE/CORKEDALE
HARTLEY
MCCABE
PORTER