This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Durkin / Connolly Classification: Immigration Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hBU.2ACEB/335 Message Board Post: Searching for descendants of: Michael Durkin b. abt 1872. Ireland. Married Ellen Connolly (+derivations) 9 May 1893, location Staffs. Eng. Children: Mary E 12. 20.1893. Thomas Michael 3.30.1896. Catherine 4.16. 1899. Margaret 6.24.1901 The family emigrated from UK (date unknown) to Canada before crossing over the boarder to the US. They seem to have frequently moved around (perhaps looking for work) and the locations are very sketchy: Dakota. New York. California.