Thanks to Barbara for posting these. One of them was new to me, and I found the family I am working on in St. Mary's Parish! I am looking for GAHAN. The head of this family emigrated with my ancestor. They were childhood friends in Ireland. Debbie In a message dated 8/25/00 5:17:47 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << I research the Kane County area from Texas by contacting either the Elgin Genealogical Society http://nsn.nslsilus.org/elghome/egs/index.html or the Kane County Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkcgs/. For a small fee, they can look for many items. Check their web sites for the details. I have had great success asking these folks for help and they have been very friendly and knowledgeable. Also, ILGenWeb for Kane County http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane/ has more contacts for the area. Happy hunting! >>