Lucky me... I was contacted by a pretty-sure Tipperary cousin in August 2010, and we're sorting things out. She was contacted by a cousin in Dublin who saw one of my posts somewhere, and he helps with research there when she can't go herself. So it truly does happen, sometimes out of the blue! My great-great grandparents were Daniel and Bridget (RUSSELL) MEAGHER/MAHER... Married 2 Mar. 1813, Anacarty Parish... Witnessed by Thomas RYAN and James RUSSELL Children--address--baptism--sponsors (Clonoulty-Rossmore Parish): Jo MAHER, Brucca, 26 Apr 1814, Jo MAHER & Mary RYAN Johanna MAHER, Drumwood, 1 May 1816, James RYAN & Catherine NEILL Mary MAHER, Drumwood, 16 Mar 1818, Patrick RUSSELL & Mary GORMAN Judith MEAGHER, Drumwood, 7 Jan 1824, John RYAN & Winifred RYAN James MEAGHER, Drumwood, 19 Aug 1826, Patrick CAREW & Judith CAREW Bridget MEAGHER, Drumwood, 20 Sep 1830, Daniel MEAGHER & Kathleen RYAN Daniel MEAGHER, Drumwood, 21 Jan 1833, Timothy DANIHER & Mary SCANLAN Another child was my great grandfather, Thomas MEADHER/MAHER, not yet found in the records. He immigrated to the States and was a farmer in Iowa. Other Co. Tipperary surnames of interest are: DWYER, DELANEY, HORAN, KENNEDY... which are, at least, related through marriage. Janet L. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 8007 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message