This is my POWER line from Roscommon, beginning with earliest known ancestors: 1. Winifred DOLAN (b. abt. 1800?) , married to ________POWER. (My family has typically traced its ancestry through the female line!) Winifred's mother was Winifred KINNEY. 2. Michael POWER b. 1 Sep 1831 in Athlone, m. 4 May 1851 in Kilkenny (after eloping on horseback), Winifred Feehley MCLAUGHLIN (b. 15 Apr 1831, don't know where). They emigrated to America (Joliet, Illinois, and environs) after the birth of at least one of their thirteen children. The family is Catholic. I have absolutely nothing more in the way of data in Ireland. If you have any ancestors from the Roscommon or Kilkenny area with any of the surnames in the subject line, I would very much appreciate hearing what you know about them. Nan Runde Rochester, NY