Fran - You wrote: >My ancestor William Bond was born 1754 in Plymouth, Devonshire, just across >the river from St. Austell. He emigrated to America (Falmouth, Massachusetts, which is now Portland, >Maine)... For the record, the fine folks of Falmouth, MA will be most surprised to discover they're now residents of Portland, Maine. I live in Massachusetts...I head north to Portland and south to Falmouth (Cape Cod)...never end up in the same place at all. (Just kidding, but I wouldn't want your research to take you far afield from your destination.) To all BONDs who have traced their roots to England: Is anyone aware of a branch that emigrated to Ireland? My BOND ancestors hail from County Kilkenney. I have located a couple of John BONDs (in Griffiths) in the town of Freshford (the only BOND families in this county were located here). One of these may be my gg-grandfather. But the trail seems so far to end here. Since the BOND name is English and not Irish, we believe the family emigrated from England, perhaps sometime in the early 1800s (my John BOND was born in Ireland circa 1825) or earlier. Any Irish BOND connections out there? Madelyn