As an addendum, The dissertation given by Father Scanlan was at a Scanlan reunion rather than a Hawley reunion, and included some things about his forebears Denis Scanlan and Patrick Scanlan of County Cork. Most of it was obviously blarney, at least as it pertains to the Hallys. I understand from another Hawley descendant that Father Scanlan also attended Hawley reunions which tended to be quite raucous due to the large number of descendants in the Midwest and other locations. Michael O'Hearn ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367