In a message dated 7/2/2008 3:04:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Plenty of them in the graveyards around here, Drumholm, Killymard, The Old Abbey, Carn, and these are just some examples around my area. I found a headstone dating from 1611 in Killymard and it is was perfectly legible, they date back in these graveyards to the 16/17/ and 1800s. Margaret, have you ever run across any McGonigle gravestones in Killymard? I saw one in the Old Abbey churchyard when we were visiting Donegal way back in 1962. We met a distant cousin of mine (through the landlady of a pub we wandered into!) who took us out there. He hunted through the very tall grass for a bit, and then located a flat stone with raised lettering. He said if it had been incised, it probably would be long gone! The stonecutter had done the bit of raising some letters, like the c above the M, and joining others, but it was quite legible. It read: "HERE LIETH THE BODY OF PATRICK MCGONIGAIL WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 2D MAR 1732 ALSO THE BODY OF ELINOR DEVERALIAS MCGONIGAIL WHO DEPARTED T" and that was it, leaving about 1/3 of the stone uncut! We wonder if Elinor remarried and is buried elsewhere with a second husband. We have not so far been able to connect this Patrick with my g-grandfather and his brothers and sisters, who were born in the 1790s..........the family was found later in Drumgornan, where they were farmers and eventually owned several plots of land. My g-g-uncles and one sister emigrated in 1818, and g-g-grandfather emigrated in 1831, while a sister and probably two brothers, Patrick and Charles, remained behind. Unfortunately when we were there, we were on a tight schedule and couldn't linger to do further research, and I've never been able to get back. Margo So. CA **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (www.tourtracker.com ?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)