This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burke, Martin, Blake, Daly, Donelan, Ormsby. Morgan, Guiness Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RkG.2ACEB/3000.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Allan, Thank you for your reponse and inquiry. I'm not sure if my Burke line comes from Glinsk Castle. I received the following from RCB, Dublin, Ire. I'm typing this as written from very small font, pale blue copy. If you would like a copy of the original, please email me privately and give me your snail address. BTW, I'm only posting a small portion of the document. BURKE OF BALLYDUGAN Michael BURKE, of Ballintober, co. Roscommon, who purchased Ballydugan, 1726, from the Lynch family, was son of William Burke, of the Clogheroge branch of the family, by his wife a dau. of ???aly, of Cloncha. He m. 1st, Miss Flynn; 2ndly, Miss Dillon, of Clonbrook; and 3rdly, Mary, dau. of Burke, of Meelick. By the first two he had no issue, but by the 3rd, he was father of 1. William, his heir [twin?] 1. Honora, m. Andrew Blake, of Furlough [twin?] 2. Marcella, m. Malachy Daly, of Henmore. Mr. Burke's will bears date 12 Jan. 1735. His son and heir, dugan, co. Galway, m. Mabel, dau. of Malachy Donelan, of Bally Donelan, co. Galway, by Mary his wife, dau. of Thomas Power Daly, eldest son of the Right Hon. Denis Daly,of Carrownekelly, 2nd Justice of the Common Pleas, temp, James II, and was father of Michael Burke, of Ballydugan, M.P. for Atherny, a Director of Inland Navigation and one of the Surveyors-General for Ireland, who served as High Sheriff of the co. of Galway 1786, and for the town of Galway 1796. He m. Sarah, only child of John Morgan, of Monksfield, co. Galway, by Sarah his wife, 3rd dau. of Francis Ormsby, of Willowbrook, c. Sligo, and by her (who d. 11 Oct. 1815) had issue, 1. William 2. John (Rev.), vicar of Kilcolgan, co. Galway, Provost of Kilmacduagh, and Prebendary of Kilconnell, m. Mary-Anne, sister of Arthur Guiness, of Beaumont, near Dublin, and dying 1842, left, Note: Rev. John Burke & Mary Anne Guiness are the parents of my great grandfather, Michael John (M.J.) Burke who married Catharine Martin, Sept. 15, 1850, Dubuque, Iowa. M.J. and family moved to Johnson county, KS in 1859. M.J. was a deputy land surveyor in MN, IA, and KS. If anyone has any ties to the family members listed in this post, please contact me by private e-mail. I'm especially interested in finding the parents of Catharine MARTIN. Thank you, Carol V. California cveio@sbcglobal.net