Hello, Kathy, I am Australian by birth. I have never resided outside Australia. I have not been to the U.S.A. My father was not named Patrick. I confess to having during younger days been a fan of the American musical group Creedence Clearwater Revival. I soon became aware of the brothers Tom and John Fogerty. I will allow myself the liberty of relating an anecdote having not a great deal to do with genealogical matters. Last year I found myself standing at a supermarket checkout next to a man I did not know who was wearing a Creedence T-shirt referring to John Fogerty. I could not resist remarking to the stranger beside me that Creedence were a ripper of a band. I whipped out and flourished a laminated library card bearing my name from my shirt pocket and said I had John Fogerty`s surname with a different spelling. That aroused the following response from the sharp-witted stranger -- "So that`s why you can`t sing or play guitar?" He was so quick. He came straight in with a straight face. I was impressed. It seems to me that John Fogerty`s version of the family name occurs more in the U.S.A. than it does here. I have seldom encountered that form here except in documents compiled before the 1900s. My people were of the Templemore area. My Australian forebears came out at various times during the 1800s. I do not see any North American Fogarty however spelt whom I claim as one of us. There is just one North American-Australian family connection in the thinking I do about my family tree. I keep in mind ( reminds me of a 1968 Cowsills lyric ) the Maine man mentioned in something I posted on 19th May who is cited in Thomas Keneally`s book "The Great Shame" as a brother of the Western Australian Fenian convict Thomas Fogarty ( "Hougoumont" 1868 ). I do not claim Thomas Fogarty as one of my mob but he is a prime suspect. Regards, Andrew Fogarty Casino N.S.W. Australia