I'd bet the answer had to do w/ spelling. A cursive "G' can look like an "S," and possibly an "L." I've seen many a a "W" look like an "M" and "N." You might go into LDS and see what other surname options exist. Then too, did you consider the surname w a Scottish accent? The ending may have an "er" sound. B -----Original Message----- From: VLB <[email protected]> To: ny-irish <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Mar 28, 2014 5:57 pm Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Another vanished family No, I can't eliminate any of them but I do need either wife or son's name to have some evidence it's the same person. I have searched McCa* and McGa* heavily. But thanks for this digging and I will study it further. Virginia ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Another vanished family I searched Ancestry for John McGaw (default settings), location "Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA" and Keyword (exact) "driver." I got these hits. Occupation was "driver" on the View Record pop-out screen for each name on the hit list. Results 1–12 of 12 Name, Residence Year, Residence Place John McGhey, 1886, Brooklyn, New York John McGuiuess, 1879, Brooklyn, New York John McGee, 1889, Brooklyn, New York John McGee, 1891, Brooklyn, New York John J McGee, 1883, Brooklyn, New York John McGee, 1881, Brooklyn, New York John H McGee, 1900, Brooklyn, New York John McGee, 1901, Brooklyn, New York John Magee, 1897, Brooklyn, New York John McGough, 1894, Brooklyn, New York John McGeogh, 1899, Brooklyn, New York John Magee, 1898, Brooklyn, New York Then I used the same search terms for Location "New York City (All Boroughs), New York, USA" and got 57 hits. The few I sampled on that list all had occupation "driver" on the View Record pop-out screen. Have you eliminated all of these men? PJ ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message