Hello fellow O's, I'll try to be brief as possible. My great great grandfather was James O'Donnell from Tipperary. Exact location - unknown. He was born in 1837 and died perhaps as late as 1917 in San Francisco. He was a policeman on the San Francisco Police Dept. among many other "careers" it seems. He was married to Catherine Donovan O'Donnell (1840-1886). She was from the Parish of Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny and also died in San Francisco. They were parishoners at St. Patrick's Church in San Francisco. James or Catherine it seems were somehow related to the McBrearty family living in San Francisco in the 1880s onwards. These McBreartys are descended from Kilmacreannan, Co. Donegal according to the record found. A list member queried this exact set of names and it turned out I have a whole bunch of info. pertaining to this link in the past which I was happy to share with her. Now for some interesting, fruitful news: I have located several close cousins I never knew I had in San Francisco. I am now exchanging information with one of them from this lineage. However, sadly, none of them are of O'Donnell family descent (surnames: Hardiman, Kerr & Sullivan). If anyone has a link to any of this, let me now. Best wishes to all, Susanna O'Donnell _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com