I can offer only a personal anecdote. Around 1975, I visited the Belleek china "factory" in Northern Ireland. When we passed the board with timecards, I saw the name KEIM and promptly asked our guide if I could meet that employee, since we had the same last name. The guide told me that Keim was the gardener, and our tour day was one of the three days a week he worked at the owner's property. (His tone, though, suggested I was a bit odd) Appropriate work for a KEIM, don't you think? Eileen Keim -----Original Message----- From: Cindy [mailto:ckimes@mvillage.com] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 9:21 AM To: KEIM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KEIM] Ancestors from Ireland? There are some folks that maintain their KEIM/KIME(S) ancestors came from Ireland sometime during the Revolutionary War. We've heard little on this from any of our subscribers. My question is: has anyone found anything to indicate this as fact? If so, would you please share what you've found? (Reason I'm asking is data shared with me a couple years ago included the names of supposed brothers George, Jacob, Peter, and Stephen!) ==== KEIM Mailing List ==== Most of your living relatives KNOW who they're related to! Don't post their vitals to this list. ANYONE can read the archives if they know how!