This was a very promising list -- why no posts? I descend, in one line, from Irish blacksmiths, but I only know them in the USA: originally McCarty, but the spelling changed to MeCartea and McCartea in California. They settled in Tuolumne County, California, during the Gold Rush, first in Chinese Camp, then in Big Oak Flat, having come through the Midwest. Later they had a blacksmith shop in Fresno, California. I'm also related by marriage to the Hurley family, also Irish blacksmiths in the Fresno area. Where is everyone -- blacksmiths were plentiful in the old days! Judy in California