Hi, Susan, Did you know this is the City of Cork list, not the County Cork list? Mallow and the Blackwater River are a long way from the city of Cork. Have you posted to the Co Cork list? Your best bet to find exact place of origin is in the US records: obituary, tombstone, and parish records are the most likely. Collect all US records for every family member and also those of neighbors and fellow parishioners (see censuses and city directories for these) who may be from the same places in Cork. The one Irish record I recommend is Griffiths Evaluation [on cd] to see where in Cork you find all three surnames in one place, especially Mulchinach as it is less usual. Good luck. Elizabeth KnowltonEW@Compuserve.com Message text written by INTERNET:IRL-CORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com >Hi List. I posted my family information many months ago but did not get many hits on it. I thought I might post my information once again in hopes that someone may have a connection to my family or know of information on them. If any has a connection or knows of any information on my family in Ireland, please either respond to this message on the list or email me directly at suzyking75@yahoo.com. If anyone has a connection, I'd be more than happy to provide them with more details on the family of John and Hannah Sharp here in the US. My family information is as follows: Patrick Murphy born approximately 1806 in Ireland (possibly Mallow) died when he drowned in the Blackwater River in County Cork Ireland (possibly Mallow). I imagine he was buried in County Cork Ireland. Patrick married Hannah Catherine Mulchinach....she went by Catherine. Catherine was born 1810 in County Cork Ireland. She immigrated to NY, USA in 1864...she traveled there with two of her three sons. She joined her daughter in Evanston, IL where she died in November 1883. She was buried 19 November 1883 in Calvary Cemetary, Evanston, IL. Patrick and Catherine bore at least four children together: 1. Hannah Catherine b. 17 January 1836 2. Patrick who immigrated to the US in 1864, he married and had two children, he was a veteran of the US Civil War. 3. John who immigrated to the US in 1864. 4. Edmund married Bridget Cox and had three kids with her: Robert, Josephine (born 13 February 1871), and Katherine (born 1874). There is no information to indicate that Edmund and Bridget ever left Ireland. Hannah Catherine (#1 above) came to the US in the early 1850s...I believe she came alone. She lived in New York until 1857. While in NY she met a John Sharp from Lincolnshire, England. He asked for her hand in marriage, but she refused to marry him until he converted to Catholicism. He moved on to Evanston, IL where he worked as a butcher and owned a meat packing business. He eventually converted to Catholicism and they wed in 1857. She moved to Evanston with him where they bore 7 children together: 5. James Charles born 12 February 1858; married to Anna M. Smith. 6. Edward Anthony born 26 August 1859. He first married a Katherine Blanche Salisbury (or Katherine Mary Salisbury) from Abergele Wales. His first wife died after her house coat caught on fire when a spark flew out from the fireplace in their home. They bore two children together. His second wife was Catherine Mary Atkinson from Green Bay, Wisconsin and they bore 16 children together. 7. Elizabeth born 1861; never married. 8. Hannah Catherine born January 1863; never married. 9. John Baptist born 1865; married Matie Shinnick. 10. Joseph born 01 November 1866; never married. 11. Susan born 14 January 1868; married Francis P. Sullivan. <