Hello, In this morning's "MassMoments" e-mail there is a story about the first "Irish born" mayor of Boston. http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=10 Further checking on-line shows Boston became a city in 1822. Further checking and I found a list of all the mayors in Boston. Perhaps someone will recognize the many surnames mentioned: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Boston,_Massachusetts Just an FYI for you. Betty (near Lowell, MA)