Hello List, For the record, and in case there are other HAYES researchers out there, I'll summarize what I know about some of my distant relations. My Hayes people were two families in and from Liscannor. FAMILY 1. In the 1901 census, John-reported age 55 and Margaret-48 Hayes and children John-27, Mary-25, Martin-21, "Ellon"-17, Kate-15, Patt-13, and Michael-11 were at 37 Liscannor. Both parents were recorded as "cannot read," so I assume that their and their children's ages might not be precisely accurate. I believe Kate emigrated to Lowell, Massachusetts, a textile-mill town, in 1902, where she lived and worked until Spring 1910 (Lowell city directories). She then must have traveled back to Ireland, because in October 1910 she returned to the US, destination Lowell, with Thomas Plunkett of Kingstown, Co. Dublin (the passenger lists says that she had been in the US before, 1902-1910). She married Tom in Boston the day after the ship docked there. Tom and Kate lived in Lowell for almost a decade. They eventually had six sons. In the early 1920s they moved to Brooklyn, New York, where they lived out their lives. Kate's brothers Martin and Patrick also emigrated to Lowell and also eventually moved to the New York City area where they lived and died. I believe her sister Mary emigrated to Lowell as well. In the 1911 census, John and Margaret Hayes were at 45 Liscannor and had only sons John and Michael still living with them. FAMILY 2. In the 1901 census, Martin-50 and Mary-40 Hayes and children John-18, Michael-16, Kate-16, Daniel-9, Margaret-7, Martin-5, and James-1 lived at 30 Liscannor. I suspect the father Martin here was a relation or perhaps brother of the father John in the first family. As in the first family, both parents were recorded as "cannot read." In the 1911 census, Martin Hayes, his wife apparently having died, was at 38 Liscannor and had daughters Annie and Margaret and sons Martin and James living with him. *** In a number of cases, I have difficulty untangling which children with identical forenames actually emigrated to the US. I suspect that some of these Liscannor Hayeses, when telling ship officials whom they were traveling to in Lowell or other places in Massachusetts, used the term "sister," "brother," "aunt," in a liberal sense (i.e. not exactly accurate), possibly to convince the officials that they had a close relative waiting for them at their destination. As a result, I haven't yet been able to pin down which Mary, for example, traveled to Lowell at which time. In both families, all the males age 16 and above were recorded as occupation "fisherman." *** I'll be interested to hear from anyone who has information on people related to these two Clare Hayes families. Thanks. PJ, in Texas