In a message dated 98-12-14 23:19:40 EST, [email protected] writes: << oes anyone have information or suggestions re how to check out the possibility of an O'CONNOR French connection-in the early/mid 1800's? >> I don't have any suggestions for names but I have read one very good book. It is THE YEAR OF THE FRENCH, by Thomas Flanagan, 1979, Pocket Books, New York, NY, ISBN: 0-671-83301-4. The year it discusses is 1798 "when three tall ships full of French troops sailed into a tiny County Mayor harbor to help a band of desperate, romantic Irish men and women rise up against their English oppressors." At one time this book was a best seller. Pat