I've also been working (sporadically) on Lynch's, Lynches, and noticed with interest the info from Ed Costello to Fran. Perhaps someone will be interested in the following: My husband's grandfather was Cornelius F. Lynch. His death record on file in the West Brookfield town clerk's office states: DOD, 09/20/1908; age 27 & 2 months; father, Daniel Lynch; mother, Johanna Coburn. Cornelius married Theresa Farley (no record), and they had 4 children (no records so far; just family knowledge). Cornelius died 9 months and 18 days before the 4th was born, which is intriguing. The Lynch children (Cornelius W., Francis D., Dorothy and John E.) are listed as step-children on the 1910 federal census for West Brookfield under the John W. Adams household, with Theresa (Farley) Adams as his wife. I'll be searching for more data on when Cornelius Lynch arrived in the US, what town in Ireland he came from, etc. His birthplace is given as Ireland on the birth record for the 4th child, John Edward Lynch, my husband's father. I'm also researching Farleys and Burkes; well, Ryans, too. Theresa Farley's parents were Margaret and John Farley. I think they were born in Ireland, as were Margaret's parents, Martin Burke and Mary Ryan. I noticed on the federal censuses that there was a corset factory in West Brookfield in the late 1800s where Irish immigrants were employed. Lynches also lived in North Brookfield and East Brookfield. I know some (maybe all) were related to those in West Bkfld. A Johnny Lynch from East Brookfield played baseball with Conny Mack on the 1880 East Brookfield town team. (Saw the team picture in a history book at the Brookfield public library last year.) Jeannette