Welcome to the Phelan Mailing list. Please feel free to post any genealogy information for Phelan or related lines to the list. The more information we share, we more we will learn. My Phelan line has been a dead end for me even though it was the first surname I researched 10 or so years ago. I cannot get past my greatgrandfather, JAMES MONROE PHELAN, born 1824 in Bledsoe Co., TN and who enlisted in the Mexican war in 1846 in Jonesboro, IL. Nothing is know about him between that time period. I photocopy any and all data on the Phelans taken anywhere, everywhere I can find it. I will periodically post these findings on the list as time allows. I INVITE ANY AND ALL TO DO THE SAME. The only thing I ask is that you don't FLAME anyone and please bite your tongue before you write anything nasty. I do believe that my greatgreatgrandparents did not have children and that is the reason I can find no record of them - ha. Glenda Womack Listowner