Hi all, I haven't sent out my info in a while, so here's hoping someone new will see something that rings a bell: My ggg-grandfather was a man by the name of Edward King. He was born in Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland, but where exactly in Clifden, I don't know. His wife (name unknown) was allegedly from the island of Inishbofin. Apparently, he and his family moved from Clifden to Gorthmellia, Co. Mayo, Ireland during the Famine. I have a pretty good lock on what he and his descendants did once they got to Mayo, so now I'm trying trace him back, and I've got some add'l info/clarifications. Previously I'd been under the impression that Edward's sons, Sean and Seamus, were very young when the move was made to Mayo, and that Seamus might actually have been born in Mayo. Now it seems that Sean King was a grown man in his 20s or 30s, w/ a wife (name of Mary Cannon, who may also be from Galway), and that Seamus was probably grown (he's a mystery man himself...but that's another story, LOL), and that Edward King's wife might not have come, might have been dead etc. Do any of these names ring a bell w/ anyone? Does anyone have a Clifden Edward King who disappeared off the face of the earth? I have no clue whatever as to Edward's siblings, parents, the exact part of Clifden he may have been from, etc. The only add'l bits of info I can add are these: Sean and Seamus appear to have used the names John and James interchangeably. Mary Cannon (Sean's wife) was alive and kickin' in the late 1890s, so she (and by extension her husband) could've been born as early as 1810?? So I'll hazard an educated guess for Edward's birth would be *no earlier* than the late 1740s (which would make him truly ancient when he moved to Mayo) and no later than say 1800 or so, if he'd married young and if his eldest son was in his 20s in the mid- 1840s. Thanx and God bless, Kathleen Kathleen King Moffett kkmoffett@bigfoot.com http://members.xoom.com/CathGrrl/index.htm