Hello Cara, Many thanks for all your advice, and for locating some of the occurences of LEVELL (+var). It is very much appreciated. If I wanted to look for a birth in 1886 then, say in one of the S Ireland counties you mention, are any resources for this available on line, or would I have to travel to the area to search? Are S. Irish records availabe, for example, on Ancestry.com or similar? Another lister pointed out that there are no records kept of ferry passengers between England and Ireland, so there still do not seem to be many ways forward here. I guess the best thing to do is join the appropriate lists, as you suggest. Thanks again for your help, Jan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara_Links" <cracker@hotkey.net.au> To: <IRELAND-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 10:59 AM Subject: [Irish-Roots] THE IRISH RESEARCH QUESTION-LEVELL-HAVILAND > > > Looking at the names listed > Haviland-Havlin and Levell > > The surname Levell appears after 1864 in Armagh-Co Down and Antrim > And under the spelling of Level and the variants there of > Level in Co Down in the parish of Drumbo > > Laval/Lavalle/Lavel > > Laval shows there is four households in Galway in he parish of Annaghdown > > Under Lavalle Cork city has 2 households in the parish of St Nicholas > and Mayo 1 household in the parish of Kilmeena > > Under Lavel their is one household inLouth in the parish of Faughart > and one in Meath in the parish of Kilmainham > > I could no find a common bond between the name Levell and Wittey as I > actually see this would most likely be a variant of Whitty which is a > southern Ireland name although it will of course appear elsewhere.