This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McElroy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hF0.2ACIB/573.1.2.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: my branch came from Ireland also, but, the 1940's is as far backas I know, you see my grandfather married a native american, and everyone claims they never heard of a Brown Mcelroy, a researcher told me that Brown is an Irish name.They lived in Cuba, Alabama in the 1940's, before that I do not know.I never knew parents nor grandparents, this is why I am researching. thanks!