Thank you very much, Claire. This has been a problem for years. When one enters the name as I spelled it, into search engines as "sounds like," many Italian names appear. I will try this. Thanks so much, Barb N of NYC > Could be CARBERY. > > From Edward MacLysaght, THE SURNAMES OF IRELAND, 6th ed. (Dublin, > Ire. and Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press, 1999): > > "Carbery. The most important sept of this name was that of > Clonlonan, as Map; a branch of it were erenaghs of Galloon, Co. > Fermanagh. They were usually O Cairbre [accent on the O] in Irish, > but Mac Cairbre was also used. The Carberys of Co. Waterford are > distinct; they are Mac Cairbre; Ballymacarbry in that county locates > them. The personal name Cairbre is said to have denoted charioteer, > but this derivation is uncertain. MIF 51; Map Westmeath." > > MIF = see MORE IRISH FAMILIES > Map Westmeath = surname map shows O Carberry (note double "r"s) in > Westmeath, on the Offaly border, near the Roscommon border. > > HTH > > Claire K. ************** Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003)

I agree with Claire, it was the first name that came to my mind. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:54 AM, <MizScarlettNY@aol.com> wrote: > Thank you very much, Claire. This has been a problem for years. When one > enters the name as I spelled it, into search engines as "sounds like," many > Italian names appear. I will try this. > > Thanks so much, > Barb > N of NYC > > >> Could be CARBERY. >> -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com