I am looking for ODonnells in Belfast Northern Ireland. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of information to go on. Here's what I do know. My great grandmother was Sarah ODonnell, born in 1878 in Belfast. She emigrated with her brother James (b. ?) and sister, Nellie (b. ?) (Helen) in approximately 1892-1894 to the Boston area of Massachusetts. The other siblings, Francis ODonnell and Mary ODonnell remained in Belfast. Below is all the information I have on these ODonnells. Sarah ODonnell was born 1878 in Belfast. She emigrated to the U.S. between 1892-1894. She married Charles N. Gaudette somewhere around 1898-1900. They had five children: Hildred Gaudette (married OConnor) (b. 1900 in Lynn Massachusetts, d. 1957 in Brookline Mass.) John Gaudette (b. 1902 in Lynn Massachusetts, d. Feb. 1970 Pennsylvania) Frances Gaudette (married McKenna) (b. 1908 in Lynn Mass. d. ?) Pauline Gaudette (married Dineen) (my grandmother) (b. 1910 Milton New Hampshire) Charles Gaudette (b. 1915 Milton New Hampshire d. ?) Charles N. Gaudette left the family in 1916, or possibly Sarah left him. Between 1916 and 1920 she married a Peter Tiermann and had a child by him, Peter M. Teirmann. In 1920 they were living in Pennsylvania. They moved to the Brookline Mass. area sometime in the mid 1920's. Sarah died in Boston in Dec. 1929. James ODonnell (Jim) (b. ? d. ?) may have had two daughters. Helen (Nellie) ODonnell (b. ? d. ?) had several children and may have lived in the Brighton area of Boston. Francis ODonnell (b. ? d. ?, died possibly in 1930's/1940's) Allegedly owned a shipyard in Belfast (family story), never married, never had children. When he died (after Sarah) he willed everything to his siblings or their children. This family story is at odds with the information that Sarah, James and Nellie spoke of "having to go to work" when they arrived in the U.S. Either the shipyard wasn't doing so well, if there was one or someone in the ODonnell family in the U.S. came into some money and made up the story about Uncle Francis to explain it. Given what I know so far, I'd put my money on the latter versus the former. I'm not even sure there was a shipyard named ODonnell in Belfast. Does anyone know if there was one? Mary ODonnell (b. ? d. ?) I have no other information on her. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm at a total loss on how to pursue this line. It has been difficult to pick through the "stories" versus the "facts". This has been complicated by the fact that the Gaudette children (Sarah's children) were placed in foster care between 1916 and 1917 in Massachusetts. I stumbled on to this fact which had been unknown to anyone in my family. I would love to find out if there are in fact any of these ODonnells in Belfast Northern Ireland and if there in fact was an ODonnell shipyard. I have placed all of the information I do have on my web page <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/DDineen142/index.html">The Dineen Family Homepage</A>. Again any assistance would be appreciated. Deanna Dineen Denver, Colorado