Have been unable to locate either of my gggrandmothers' surnames, Mary CRANSBUR (which appears on her gravestone in Granville, NY (DOD 1889)) or Margaret MINTHA or MENTHA or MERTHA (transcribed from a birthcertificate) anywhere in the U.S. or Ireland and am beginning to wonder if they weren't seriously garbled in transit/transcription. Mary CRANSBUR married Michael O'ROURKE and guessing from his age at death we guess she might have been born late 1840's. Margaret MENTHA, wife of Owen FARRELLY, was probably born about 1820 and had at least one child, Mary FARRELLY, in Ballieborough, County Cavan, in 1837. Other family names, including MCGARVEY and CARROLLAN, originated in Carrickmacross, Monaghan, so Cavan and Monaghan are areas we've been searching. Has anyone ever seen the names CRANSBUR or MINTHA or MENTHA in these or any other areas of Ireland or does anyone have any ideas re similar names common to those areas that their surnames might actually have been? Thanks, Beth Callanan WAshington, DC