I want to share my experience in researcing my Irish ancestors county of origin and see if what I found was common among other researchers. According to my McGovern family stories we either originated in County Antrim or County Cork in Ireland. My great grandfather, James McGovern, originally from Ireland, stated he was from Co. Antrim. His eldest brother, Bernard McGovern, also from Ireland, stated they were from Co. Cork. (Don't know if this matters or not, James converted to a Protestant religion and Bernard remained Catholic. I noticed Co. Antrim is predominantly Protestant, Co. Cork is predomintately Catholic). Here is where the story gets even worse. After researching for approximately a year I made a big discovery while looking through ship manifests. I found my McGovern's on a ship from Liverpool, arriving NYC on March 9, 1849. Included were guess who, Bernard and James, and the family listed Co. Leitrim, Ireland as their place of origin. I have done alot of research since then to try and prove or disprove these were my ancestors and all the information points to the ship manifest as being correct. Has anyone else run in to family stories about County of Origin in Ireland that did not pan out? What was the big deal about what county you were from and that a person might mis-state where they were from? Thanks, Don McGovern Researching: McGovern and Cullen's, 4th Ward NYC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com