this website of the counties of Ireland help? It includes the Irish equivalents of the county names: http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/geography/counties.html The Irish equivalent of Down is Dún. Londonderry is Doire. Donegal is Dún na nGall. Might it be an abbreviated "Don." or "Dun" but looks like Dov? Lois, L39 ----- Original Message ----- From: Armond Beaty To: bp2000@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [BP2000] Donna - FW: County DOV Its a long shot, but what if a part of the W was cut off at some point leaving a V? Armond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelda Percival" <nelda_percival@hotmail.com> To: <bp2000@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:47 AM Subject: [BP2000] Donna - FW: County DOV >>From Ireland Obits.... > Nelda > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:42:55 -0500 >> From: ahern@world.std.com >> To: nelda_percival@hotmail.com >> CC: ireland-obits@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: County DOV >> >> >> Nelda Percival >> >> > In a Death record for a Beatty in KY they give the birth country >> > as county DOV Ireland.. any idea? >> >> It's probably a U rather than a V and is a phonetic spelling of how any >> Irish person might refer to County Down. >>