Hi List My name is Barbara Cunningham and i live in Sydney Australia. I have been doing research on my husbands family tree for several years, for quite awhile i have been aware of an American connection, but, so far have not been able to pin it down. My husbands GGrandfather was Eugene CUNNINGHAM, he married several times, two of them here is Australia. Eugene was born in Ireland in about 1826 - he was extremely inconsistant with his year of birth in all the documentation we have found. Eugene was in the RIC before he came to Australia. He was definitely here by 1861 as he became a constable in the NSW Police. The first Australian marriage was to Bridget O'Halloran in 1863 (he brought her out from Ireland and she was listed as being his cousin - I'm not sure if she really was or not.) Eugene and Bridget had 7 children before her death in 1878. His second marriage was to Mary Edgeworth (she was either born in Ireland and emigrated to the US when young or she was born in America, there is a little bit of confusion regarding this) We do know she definitely lived in America as she attended Vassar, although she didn't graduate. Eugene and Mary had 3 sons. At sometime after the Eugene and Mary married and i presume prior to his death in 1905 it is believed that at least 2 and possibly 3 of his daughters from his marriage to Bridget went to live in America with Mary's family. My father - in - law Tony CUNNINGHAM met up with a couple of the cousins, but, unfortunately he can't remember the names, it is believed that the descendants of the girls were members of the Sheriff's Department of Frankfort Kentucky. One of them was also said to have married a mayor of New York. I know family stories are often wrong and misleading, but, i am certain of a link to America, probably Kentucky, very unsure on the Mayor of New York though I am hoping that someone on this list has a connection to the girls so that i can round off this section of our family. The girls were Ellen born 3rd July 1864 Fanny B(possibly Bridget) born in 1868 & Mary Jane born 23rd April 1877 If anyone has a link to these girls or a suggestion on where i should start to look, I would truly appreciate it. Thanks heaps Barb