This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Donnell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oI4.2ACIB/799.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks I too have my doubts-as I am now in my sixties- my Great Grand Father was born in Ireland-and finally after three years of doing research- I found him on the new online census in Illinois so I have gotten that far but still don't know where he was born and all that could tell me are now deceased so the hunt goes on. I'm going back to square one looking at ships manifests to see if I can spot when he came to the USA, I know the dates that he was here and when my grandfather was born so I'm getting it narrowed down.