Hi Jim, Have you checked the US Census of Silverbow County Montana for the years when your aunts were thought to be in Butte? I've had some luck with that, finding my grandparents there in the 1920 census. Beyond the US Census, you might also check with the Silverbow County tax office to see if they were registered tax payers. A note to the local Catholic diocese might also bear fruit. Best of luck, Bill Gawne James Murphy <greenane@hotmail.com> writes: > > Dear listers, I am sure this ground has been covered before but > that was before I learned that the Boston Beara society has > tentatively scheduled a trip to Butte next August providing the > current credit crunch doesnt crunch it also. > My maternal Aunt Mary Ellen O'Neill from Cahirmeelabo went to Butte > to two maternal aunts who ran a rooming house there.From what I know > two of her aunts went there but they were married and had > families.I also believe they left there one family returned to > Castletown and settled there, the other moved on to Washington State. > Mary Ellen had two more aunts Julia and Elizabeth O'Neill who I > suspect were the ones that she went to but I have no idea how to > prove it.All I have is their birth dates > They also had a brother Quin who went to Butte and married Mary > O'Sullivan(Barule) from Bere Island. I don't know if they stayed on > in Butte or moved on. > Any ideas where I should begin would be greatly appreciated . Thank you. Jim.