Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful and safe holiday season. Have a great time researching in Ireland Jana. We all know you will have a very good time and will find your connections. I personally have never been to Ireland, maybe one day......... Just to refresh my connections here on the site: My gggrandfather John W. KIRWIN m. Katherine KENNEDY in IL; my ggrandfather was John Francis KIRWIN m. Katherine Louise KREHBIEL in KS. They had 5 children: William, Della Barbara, John R., Helen Louise and Grover KERWIN. (The 'i' was dropped somewhere in the two latter generations) My grandmother was Della Barbara KERWIN m. Clifford Arthur MELLINGTON; they had 2 sons. Arthur Ervin and Chester Leroy MELLINGTON; Arthur Ervin MELLINGTON is my father who m. Ella Marie ALLEN. I had 4 brothers. There is one living KERWIN (carrying the surname, that is)that I know of and that is a grandson of William, his name is Brian. I do not know where he is as his parents divorced many years ago and Brian and his sister Sharon were in their mother's custody. I believe their mother Betty, remarried and moved back east, Brian was known to have been in TX for a while. Brian would have been born in the mid-late 40s. He was born in KS, possibly Wichita or Eureka. If anybody knows anything about Brian I would like to hear from you. Thank you for any help that is forthcoming. Beverly bev-ben@swbell.net