Bobbie, If CUTTER might be COTTER, Ellen McCARTHY's parents could be Daniel McCARTHY mar 14 Feb 1819 to Catherine COTTER in Inchigeelagh RC parish, Co Cork. Marriage witnesses were Tim DESMOND & Daniel McCARTHY, and place name listed within that parish was Turreen. [Casey Vol. 11, page 958.] If this Daniel's father's name was also Daniel, he may have been known as Patrick, just to differentiate. This couple apparently had 7 children bapt. same RC parish, including Ellen McCARTHY bapt 5 Dec. 1819, whose bapt sponsors Tim DESMOND & Ellen McCARTHY, and place name, given within parish on that date, was also Turreen. [Casey Vol. 7, p. 803.] Also in Vol. 7 are the other children's baptisms, ranged from 1823 to 1837, birth order Daniel, Denis, Anstatia, John, Patrick, Justin. Do those first names show up in succeeding generations in Tasmania or Australia? Locations were Turreen / Tureen, later Coolmountain and Sheehy. Witnesses besides McCARTHY & COTTER were CROWLEY, CRONIN, BRIEN & DONOVAN. No Hanora, Nora, Hannah or Johanna, but that may mean Ellen's sister was baptized elsewhere or somehow missing record, such as my grandmother, same parish. Or, maybe Anstatia didn't like her baptismal name? Note: Baptisms are from the IGI's online indexing, Batch No. C700791. Sometimes there are more [somehow unindexed], found by poring over Casey's fine print with a magnifying glass.... What else do you know about Hanora McCARTHY? Food for thought, even if there are some Ifs! Best of luck, Barb Glassel Wisconsin "I'm searching for ELLEN McCARTHY (aka MacArthur\ Carty\ Carthy\ McCarty\ McCarthy\ Cartley.) Unfortunately she quoted several surnames and we haven't been able to confirm the correct one yet. If anyone can lookup for her Birth, I'd appreciate it. DOB Abt 1820, Cork, Ireland; (Died 1883, Geelong, Australia) Father = Patrick McCarthy (?surname?) Mother = Mary Cutter Siblings = Honora Married = John Henry Durrant (Tasmania, Australia) Apparently Ellen was deported to Australia as a convict. Her trial was: 10 Apr 1843, Corick County Ireland Convict: Arrived 21 Sept 1843, 10 May 1843, Ireland to Tasmania Convict Ship: East London - in 1843, 21 Sept 1843, England to Tasmania If anybody has any information on Ellen or her parents/siblings, I'd be most grateful."