Hi Nancy. My Boyle came directly to Michigan from Ireland because he knew a friend who had come over a few months earlier and he went to Michigan. We understood that he was from Mulnivatt (sp) Kilkenny, but that was where born. It is possible that his family lived in another part of the county after the kids were born. Pat Connors checked for me and he cannot find TOBIAS anywhere in Ireland with the info he has. I have tons of info on him in this country, just not prior to his coming over with his sister, Nellie. Good luck with your search and thanks for the info. I will make a copy of your e-mail and search some of the other areas. Maybe we will be related. I know they were land owners and farmers, their farm called the "Barracks". John, Tobias and Nellie were at least some of the kids' names. Borgans and Kavanaugh were other family names and those families lived in Mulnivatt. Another sister of Tobias' married a COSTELLO. The mother's name was Ivory-last name?? Thanks- Donna :-)