Listers - I agree the CARROLLs are the Smiths. They had many, many children and they were all named Patrick and John, or Mary and Bridget in th 1840's. I have several CARROLLS that I am searching for: Margaret CARROLL b.abt.1800 in Ireland. She married Christopher Keogan and lived in Virginia, County Cavan. Her first child's baptism sponsor was John Carroll. I do not know where Margaret's family lived. She may be the sister to the following John. A John CARROLL emigrated to America in 1848 to join his brother Patrick in the Rochester area. There were four CARROLL boys, two went to America and two went to Tasmania. They left Athy, Co. Kildare. Patrick was in the 1850 census of Ridgeway,Orleans County, NY married to Mary and had four sons, John, Patrick, Francis and Daniel. John came to find a better life for his wife Catharine and 8 children, but was not heard from after June, 1849. It was presumed he died in an accident. He was in Clyde, New York and was to join Patrick after the harvest. Patrick and family were not in 1860 NY census. They could have joined a cousin Johnney CARROLL who went to St. Louis, MO. Any CARROLL connections out there in St. Louis - there are loads of them there. Catharine was sponsored by one of John's brothers, Dennis, to emigrate to Tasmania with three of her daughters in 1857. The decendants in Tasmania are still interested in finding Patricks whereabouts. I am also looking for Michael CARROLL who emigrated in th 1860's from Co. Armagh. He married Mary McElhearn from Co. Meath. I don't know whether they married in Ireland or US, but they had two daughters, Ann and Mary, one in 1865 the other in 1868. Both were born in Fall River Massachusetts. Ann Smith nee Ahearn also lived in Fall River, MA and was very close to that family. Her mother was Nancy CARROLL. Michael might have been a cousin. They were both born about 1830-40. Any possible connection? Carroll Morley, Tampa, FL, USA