Just playing on the internet. >From www.irish-roots.net I looked up "chief surnames" for each county in Ireland. There were no Harts included as "chief surnames" in Co. Cavan, where my family memories say we came from, but did find some in Leitrim and Sligo, as follows. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some People with Leitrim Ancestry Ancestors of Australian Prime Ministers Stanley Melbourne Bruce and Francis Forde hailed from County Leitrim as did John Harte, Premier of British Colombia, and Robert Strawbridge - the man who brought Methodism to the U.S.A. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surnames of County Sligo The top ten most common surnames in County Sligo are as follows: Gallagher, Brennan, MacGowan, Kelly, Gilmartin, Healy, Walsh, Hart, Feeney and MacDonagh. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------