Mary, I went to a national genealogy conference a couple of years ago. The most significant fact that I learned was, "People married someone close enough to walk to their house after a day's work." Joan Griffin Rusk -----Original Message----- From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mary Simpson Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 9:00 AM To: irl-kerry@rootsweb.com; IRL-CORK@rootsweb.com; IRL-WEXFORD@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Family research If one is considering a family name where, say, there were only a handful of people with the same surname in a parish of only 400 people, how likely are these same-name families to be related to each other? The places that I am researching are very small and rural, did most of the inhabitants stay put around the parish - or did they travel? I am talking about the 1830 - 1900 period. Mary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message