This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/YWC.2ACI/5426.2 Message Board Post: In addition to what Brendan recommended, I would also go into the Griffith's Valuation Index (c 1857) for Leitrim at www.failteromhat.com and plug in the various spellings for Foley. (For the Mc names plug them in with a space and without - on some databases that makes a difference.) If you feel sure they used the name McSharry in Ireland, you can concentrate on the civil parishes where that spelling turns up. If you think Patrick and Winifred met in Ireland, also plug in Kinney. The goal would be to find a place in Leitrim where both names appear. There is a 50/50 chance that James was Patrick or Winifred's father, and Mary Ann either's mother. My Foleys are from Mohill. There they spelled it Foley by the time of GV. However, if you find any indication Patrick was from Mohill, let me know and we can compare information. Terry