Cheryl, Yes.....My Kelly's DID go to Galena in Jo Daviess Co!! Family lore has them (or at least the Murray-Kelly family) coming thru New Orleans, too....but I can't seem to connect them on any particular ship. That darn Kelly name is so common...even in Galena and Jo Daviess Co. I DO have some info on the Kelly's from Galena and lots of photos from cemetery's there. And....I know of someone else who has ties to other Kelly's in the area. Sorry....Don't know your Boyle-Flynn-Tracy-McCormack clan from there. By the way....my relatives who went to Rutland (Finnerty/Coggins from Co Sligo) went thru the post of Boston, too!!! Helen [email protected] In a message dated 6/16/03 3:49:26 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Hello Helen, > I noticed that your Kelly family went to > Jo Davies Co,ILLINOIS. I have a few connections to Galena,Jo Davies,IL. One > is my grgrandfather Michael Flynn who left Roscommon and went to New > Orleans> > Galena,Jo Davies,IL> Iowa. > I believe he also had an Uncle and a cousin or brother who also went to Iowa > > on the same route. > My second connection to Galena,IL is through Julia (Boylen) Flynn (wife of > Michael Flynn). Julia was born in Galena,IL in 1860 ,and her parents (from > Monaghan co,Ir) had gone to Galena,IL via New Orleans. Other surnames > related to > Boylans in Galena are Tracy and McCormack. Are your Kellys from Galena? > > About Rutland,VT , I had some ancestors who came into USA via boston,and > then > ended up in BellowsFalls,VT. The reason for this I was told is that the > railroad had a station in Bellows Falls . That meant there were jobs and > Bellows > Falls was just a train ride away from Boston. Possibly the same could be > true of > Rutland. Hope this might help. > Have a good day. > Cheryl Gauthier-Williams