This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oI4.2ACIB/769.1.1 Message Board Post: Our immigrant ancester came to America some time before 1638, so we are not sure exactly where he came from. I would very much like to know. There is evidence that the name was spelled O'Gallaher or Gallaher _before_ they came over, meaning that the middle 'g' had already been dropped. I suspect this is a good clue, but I just don't know exactly how to interpret it. Michael http://www.ogallagher.org