
My advice is to spend some time hunting for them as Scottish records are quite simply wonderful with respect to the level of detail recorded. You may well find details within Scottish records that will help you to get further back in your research in Ireland, especially if you have not uncommon names to wrestle with. If you would like some advice on where to look and how to understand what you find better, take a look at my latest dish served up under "Foreign Fare" entitled "Settling under the Saltire".