This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: smaryooch Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.carroll/2986.2992/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You might look for O" Carroll the family dropped the O for reason of on the run basically. They had to drop the O for protection. So if you did not already check it. do so. My ancestors are the Carroll's aka Charles Carroll I have a cut of his wide ring per family stories but do not know the connection as of yet. The family ends up with Abell. So I have been in search for quite a few years. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.