This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Donovans from Co. Cork & Massachusetts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/659.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Chris, I do agree with you. doesn't look too probable to have a match. but bet if we traced it back far enough then we would find a match. My Donovans (I have been told) came from Co. Cork. they entered the usa thru port Boston. (sometime shortly after Famine started and before 1877) They remained in massachusetts. Some in Boston, Some in Allston/Brighton and some in Newton/Needham areas. Robryn99@aol.com