This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Brien Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YWC.2ACI/4942.1 Message Board Post: I'm from Rhode Island where my great grandfather, Patrick O'Brien emigrated from Co Leitrim in 1874. Several of his nieces and nephews went to Morrow County, Oregon. They were the O'Briens from Co Leitrim. If you have a specific date of emigration for any O'Briens, probably about 1900, please let me know and I might be able to put you in touch with family still in Ireland. Great idea to take the fiddle students back to their roots where there is a strong musical tradition.