This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durkin/382.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My great grandfather was Walter Durkin. He was born about 1844 and immigrated to the US in the late 1860's. He lived in Syracuse from about 1870 to 1907 when he died. According to his death certificate his parents names were James and Mary Durkin. His brothers according to his obituary were John of Syracuse or possibly, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY, and Michael, Thomas and James of Ireland. If you have the date of Bridget's and Matthew's deaths, please send them to me. I'll look the next time I am the library.