This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carmody, O'Brien, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UiH.2ACIB/1.2.4.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Terry thanks for your reply. I remember my mother telling me that her father was born, where Abraham Lincoln was from and, at other times told me he was from Chicago. She could have been talking about Springfield. There was a post that referred to both a James and Martin, from that area who where lost from that family. The dates of birth and mothers birthplace where off in that post though.His mother was born in New Jersey,and the father was born in Ireland.I verified this from US cencus records. Thanks again, Ed