This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YWC.2ACI/5394.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if you realized you've posted on the County Leitrim Ireland Message Board. It would be best to post your details on the Pawtucket RI Message Board which is Providence County. Here's the link: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.northam.usa.states.rhodeisland.counties.providence You'd need to determine family relationships from the families' US census, church and civil records. If you believe they -- Doonans -- came from County Westmeath, you'd need to know where in County Westmeath they originated, i.e. were born, the names of those born there, when and their parents names. That detailed information should also be in their US records.