Ken Wheeland <kwheelan@aei.ca>says: >I am trying to trace my ggfather Thomas Wheeland who apparently was born in >1812 and emigrated from Carlow to Ontario as a "youth..... I can find no >trace of "Wheeland "in Ireland in general and in Carlow in particular..... >have checked church records, census returns, civil records etc. I am totally >stumped. Ken..I agree with Poppa Joe in that WHEELAND has been changed from its original Irish...Your choices are Whelan,Peelan,Pelan,Phelan,Whalan,Whalen, Whealan,Whealon,Wheelan,Whelahan,Wheleghan,Whelehan,Whelen and Whelon. Many of these spellings appear only once in the 1890 surname study by Masterson, but WHELAN appears 127 times in Co.Carlow in the 1852-53 Griffith's Vluation and WHELEHAN not at all. Hope this is of some help to you. Jim Good Luck and God Bless You JJKenny_Houston_Texas@Compuserve.com(70444.222) JJ.Kenny@BBS.Hal-PC.org