This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carroll Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AY.2ADE/730.1 Message Board Post: I too have a brother duo of Michael & James Carroll in my roots. James 1850-1928....Michael 1842-1917.They were the children of John Carroll 1811-1884 & Mary Jane Macneil. John & his sibling were born in Ireland to James Carroll & Mary ??This is why it is so hard to trace roots....... They lived in Lochaber, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia Canada.