This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YWC.2ACI/5363.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you, Ellis, for responding. Only the word/place Drumherriff led me to Leitrim. I believe James Fowley arrived in Nova Scotia from Ireland before the turn of the 20th century. He married (before or after arriving?) Jennie Munroe. Two of their children were James and Anna Evelyn (my husband's great aunt). I've recently heard from his cousin that the family talk once mentioned that Anna had been adopted. The coverlet was among her belongings. Of course, in the absence of facts, the mind makes things up. Was this a memento from her birth? In Ireland? As daughter perhaps to Jennie Munroe and adoped to take the Fowley name? Will I ever know? Probably not, but the search is on and I'm grateful if you'd join me in solving the mystery. What is Drumherriff House and where else can I go to find out? Thanks once again and I hope to hear again from you. Phyllis