This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Durkin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hBU.2ACEB/375.1 Message Board Post: first I went to law school with a dan curtin of massachusetts. Second, My father was John J. Durkin, his father was John T. Durkin, his father was John Durkin whose father was Philip. Philip and John Durkin (1851-1912) from Sligo to Pawtucket RI. John T. Durkin had a brother Roger who went to NY and brothers Philip and Michael who stayed in Rhode Island. Problem I've had is so many johns, philips, and michael durkins.