I'm going to try sending this a second time, as it shows up on Rootsweb archives, but I never got a copy of it from the List... From: janetkinsella@hotmail.com To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com Subject: Help w/placename - spelling vs pronunciation Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:35:16 -0700 Hello, Long time lurker, first time poster. My gggrandmother's cemetery record shows her as born 15AUG 1828, "Ballinsloe", CountyTyrone, Ireland. Her name was Elizabeth (Eliza) Gregory. (She may have been born in 1828) She came to Galena, Illinois, USA in 1843, to join a brother and sister already here - Ellen and James. Later census records show an Ann and a Hannah Gregory in Ellen's household, but do not give a relationship. Eliza was Roman Catholic, and was most likely illiterate. The place names would probably have been supplied by her daughter(s), and would likely have been a phonetic spelling representation of what they may have heard. My first question to the List is - Is anyone aware of a place that would sound like Ballinsole but perhaps have a different spelling? Thank You for your help, Janet Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. Sign up today. _________________________________________________________________ Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the “I’m a PC” Messenger themepack now. hthttp://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642558/direct/01/