I just joined your Ireland list and find it fascinating. I am wondering if any one can tell me if there was a certain part of Ireland that the name Cunningham was found about 1750-1800? Recently we have proven a connection to a John M Cunningham and his wife Catharine Conrad to our family. His son - John Cunningham, said his father was from Ireland and his mother had German heritage. They both settled in Pennsylvania, in the United States in the very early 1800's - and before 1818 for sure. I don't know if they married in Ireland or met and married in the US. The son John was born in 1818 and said he was born in PA. I can not find any actual written records of John M. and Catharine other than early census records in the US which didn't list all the names before 1850. Did find that John M left a will in 1868, however did not mention his children - some whom had already died. Can any one tell me where to start hunting for them in Ireland? It probably was a pretty common name, however I don't have a clue as to where to look when not researching in the United States. Thank you for your help and I really do enjoy your mail list! I've already learned a lot from it. Karen in Florida, US

I have a John Cunningham from PA too! Contact me at trcharly@sbcglobal.net Trudy -----Original Message----- From: Karen [mailto:diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:28 AM To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRELAND] Cunningham name I just joined your Ireland list and find it fascinating. I am wondering if any one can tell me if there was a certain part of Ireland that the name Cunningham was found about 1750-1800? Recently we have proven a connection to a John M Cunningham and his wife Catharine Conrad to our family. His son - John Cunningham, said his father was from Ireland and his mother had German heritage. They both settled in Pennsylvania, in the United States in the very early 1800's - and before 1818 for sure. I don't know if they married in Ireland or met and married in the US. The son John was born in 1818 and said he was born in PA. I can not find any actual written records of John M. and Catharine other than early census records in the US which didn't list all the names before 1850. Did find that John M left a will in 1868, however did not mention his children - some whom had already died. Can any one tell me where to start hunting for them in Ireland? It probably was a pretty common name, however I don't have a clue as to where to look when not researching in the United States. Thank you for your help and I really do enjoy your mail list! I've already learned a lot from it. Karen in Florida, US ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/