This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FITZGERALD/FLYNN/HIGGINS/CARROLL/FITZPATRICK Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4dW.2ACEB/1396 Message Board Post: Researching and need connections to other researchers for name of FITZGERALD found in Decatur, Bement, and Chicago, Illinois from mid 1800s. The Chicago Fitzgerald, Mary, connects to the CARROLL (Chicago) and FITZPATRICK (Decatur) surnames. There are several Fitzgerald families - may or may not be connected - in the Clinton and Decatur area (all seemed to be connected to the railroad in some way). There were several in the Bement area that were farmers. Don't know how they all connect or if. Also a CARROLL in Edwardsville, Illinois who married Mary C FLYNN in the mid to late 1800s.