This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Conlin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HgJ.2ACIB/14.33.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Sheri, That is a good question. Word has it that when my grandparents came over from Ireland they came to New York but most settled in Chicago, which is where I was born too. I have not got to that point yet. My cousins in the Chicago area are Elizabeth Conlin Seitz and Catherine Margaret Conlin Borre. My dad was Edison John Conlin, his brother Thomas Morgan and sister Elsie. I dont know if this helpful or if it ties into anything you have- but good luck.