Hi Bob and Kay. We are related and descend through the Anthony Line. You too? I can put you in touch with Constance Nash Nelson of Blair, NE who follows this line closely. I descend from Anthony's son Daniel Alexander who married Katherine Ellen Durrigan. The Durrigans were also of Cascade and came from Meath near the Louth border. Halligans and Durrigans knew each other in Ireland. Daniel and Catherine's line ends in two daughters. Constances descends from Katherine who married Conn Nash. I descend from the youngest child, Margaret Alice who married Frank Tobin of Mitchell, SD. Margaret went to Clark College after her parents died, later becoming a school teacher. Let's keep sharing information.....FYI, my son is Halligan Augustine Erickson, AKA Hal, so the name continues as a first name in my family. mbshea@toad.net 4606 Beechwood Road College Park, MD 20740 301.209.9401 > Being new to this Digest, I'm wondering if any of the 19 have info about these Halligans: Patrick, James & Anthony (b. 1810) who came from Co. Louth about 1840. Patrick is thought to have died in the CA Gold Rush. He had 4 sons, James, Dan, John & Joe. This last son is said to have had a family at or near Cascade, Iowa. James was not married and is said to have died in the CA Gold Rush. Anthony was married to Mary McKenna in Ireland. They first settled in New Jersey, then in Illinois and at Plattesville, Wisconsin. They had 5 sons & 4 daughters. Daughters were Mary Mahoney, Jane Savage, Julia Boyle and Margaret Martin. These daughters and the 5 sons lived in the Moorland and Fort Dodge, Iowa, area. One son was Anthony and he married Ann Trainer, they had two daughters and 5 sons. Gratefully, Kay > P.S. I would be happy to share the info I do have > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >