In a message dated 8/5/03 4:52:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, SJHATHAWAY@aol.com writes: > So > I am hoping to get her obit and Mary's obit and maybe one of them will give > the parents names from Ireland......:-) I am finding that I am related to a > > lot of people in Christian Co IL, more than I ever knew of. Hi Sally, It is Steph again. Have you gone to Genealogy.com to look at the posts or some of the family home pages? There are a few family home pages with Lawrence in them. It states Lawrence's parent's were William Kerwin and Elizabeth Kelly. You might want to check it out. I am going to see what we have on Galway tomorrow. The Griffith's Valuation would be your best bet to pinpoint a parish in County Galway. The traditional spelling of Kerwin is Kirwan, so you might want to try both spellings when looking for parent's. I will check those Oak Hill records for you tomorrow. Steph