This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/819.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your reply. The families may be related, but the Maurice Flynn I'm looking for was in Dubuque Co., IA, in 1850 so if the one you mention was in Massachusetts in 1850 it is not him. There may be some connection, though. I appreciate your help.