This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IQh.2ACIB/19.55.1.2.1 Message Board Post: As best I can determine I do not believe our Halligan families are connected. My group came from Ireland to New York State and in 1855 to Hamilton Township, Northumberland County, Ontario. (near Cobourg)