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Looking for my ancestors in Middleham, Yorkshire. Frances ibbotson was bc 1788 and her daughter Ann was born 1826. This is all the info I have and I seem too be stuck, any help would be much appreciated in finding the parents of Frances or any siblings. I have the info on Ann from 1841.
 regards brufsup

Hi,
That would be very kind of you, as I said above my x3 great grandfather was David Rea bc 1801 who was born in Dundonald he married Catherine McCormick who was from Comber. I know that David & Catherine moved to cumbria with some of their children but I suppose that there would have been family left behind, brothers, sisters ,etc, it would be interesting to find some Rea's that are connected. I think that when the family first came over to england they were pretty destitute and had a hard time when they first arrived , but maybe it was harder in Ireland at that time,  as lots of Irish people emigrated to different countries in that period.
Thank you once again for your offer of help iy is much appreciated. Regards June

Hello Kevin,
I did not get around to sending off for  information from Proni as I received information from the roots web site which gave me such a lot of family history to work through. I took the advice given to me above and contacted the Ros Davies' Co Down, Ireland Genealogy research Site. I also came across a booklet by William Roulston called (Reconstructing an eighteenth-century Ulster family : the reas of Magheraknock and Kileen, County down.) this contained quite a lot of information about the Rea family in the area I was interested in which was a great help. I also went onto the http:/genforum.genealogy.com/rea
web site and received help from there, I will eventually contact Proni but it will be a while yet, I  have collected some information about the Reas in Ireland so I may be able to help if  know who you are searching for. Regards June

Wow, Thank you so much, I didn't think I would receive so much help as quickly as this and I shall certainly check out all the information you have given me. If I do contact the Linen hall library and the information is relevant I will certainly give them a donation. Last year I requested informationfrom the Children's Society (formerly the Waifs & Strays) in England and when I received it (No Payment was Required which was unusual as you do have to pay Bernardo's Homes) ) I sent them a donation. I don't know what we would do if we were unable to access these records. Once again, thank You very much.
Regards June