This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DBH.2ACEB/2.3.5.6.20.30.31.32.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Michael. Many thanks for your letter. I can assure yiu that the Bushell family came from Ennistymon, & had several branches there. Most of them emigrated by 1870, although there was one Matthew or Matthias who stayed longer. We do still have a contact there, Maureen Metcalfe who lives in Deerpark Upper so we rely on her for confirmation of our records. I was over there in !996 so I know the areas that you mentioned. Thanks again for your interest, Incidentally I have an affadavit signrd by my G Grandfather, re the birth of my grandfather & he stipulates Ennistymon & the doctor as Dr Stewart, who is mentioned in Griffith's Valuations, along with Patrick Bushell.