Why, OH, Why couldn't I be related to one of you guys?????????????? I just found two women in Chicago who are first cousins to my father. The first one was polite enough but not interested at all and the second one hung up on me. My grandfather and all his siblings (one of which is their mother) all went to the US in the early 1900's. My grandfather went back to Ireland and got married and had children (including my father). I have been doing my family tree for about 9 years and I have not found any trace of the US relatives. It probably didn't help that until about 2 months ago I thought that they were all in NY. I have things a little backwards from you all. I was born in Ireland and have lots, if not most of the Irish information (including the Holy Grail- the townlands) and I am looking for the US information. Most people are in the US and looking for where their Irish ancestors are from in Ireland. It is tons easier to find US information than it is Irish information. Not only were they not interested in helping me but weren't even interested in me sending them things like copies of the 1911 and 1901 Census of Ireland with their mother (and father) on it. I found their father in a ship list from the same area in Ireland going to America with another of my grandfathers siblings. Needless to say I was very disappointed. My Aunt, who still lives in Ireland, was wanting me to find some of her cousins in the US. What will I tell her? 70 million people in the US are decendant from the Irish, with a great many of them looking eastward for any information and here we are looking westward for them with the information at the ready and what do I get. HUNG UP ON! Why, oh Why couldn't I be related to one of you??????????????????????????? Thanks for listening. Pauline