I've recently found my Phelan family in Michigan. For several years I've only know my g g grandmother, Anna Phelan. I've found the names of her parents John P. Phelan and Catherine Newman, daughter of William Newman, of Waterford, Ireland. The emigrated to Toronto, then Detroit before 1850. John P Phelan was apparently a sea captain and died at sea in 1862. Their most famous child was Judge James Phelan, Detroit Recorders court judge, 1899-1914. Any link to other Phelans would be a real boon. Brent Brent R. Bertram, researching Bertram, Barber, Phelan in Michigan, and Allen, Ray, Turner in North Carolina. brentb636@home.com http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5519/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/rockbridge/156/ www.Bertram.ourfamily.com