As far as I know the Carter in my line have remained in England, and mainly in the Nort East, in fact I was born in Gateshead myself. It would be nice to have an American cousin though, I think the best chance of that is with my Irish lot, there was a lot of migration in the middle 1800s as I expect you know, and I expect some of my ancestors could have swam over your way. The Kirwan - Carter connection is through the marriage of my parents. Josephin Kirwan - Arthur Herbert Carter Nov 1946. Josephine b 1926 dau of Joseph Kirwan & Sarah Flynn Joseph Kirwan b 1900 son of Joseph Kirwan & Ellen Cobbe Joseph Kirwan b 1864 son of Daniel, and thats as far as I`ve got. Thanks for the message though, I have not had a lot of response, At least I know I`m getting through. Good Hunting. Regards. George Carter. Also researching. LEIGH 1800s Cheshire COBBE 1600s Cheshire CHARLTON, CARR, CARTER, North Yorks & Durham. HALLIDAY, 1850 Nottingham FLYNN 1866 Galway IRE QUINN 1860 Queenstown, Cork. >My ggrandfather was born in Dublin, Ireland, c 1801 and came to America in the >mid-1800's. My mother told me that he had relatives named Carter living in >the Chicago area. Could you be part of those Carters? >LeotaG@aol.com > >