Hello Van, There may well be some Catholic Irish Rudds but I haven't found any yet. The father of my Ireland -> Canada Rudd was a Church of Ireland minister, as were several of his relatives. Jennifer >From: JVRudd@aol.com >To: RUDD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Rudd Roots: England/Ireland > >Hi Rudds, >Boy has everyone been busy, I hadn't checked the messages in awhile and I >find over 100 postings! Lots of discussions on Jonathan, but also a lot on >other lines which I like as I am also an orphaned line. My James Rudd shows >up in Maryland in the revolutionary war time and emmigrates to Springfield, >KY in 1796 where he is responsible for a lot of Rudd's in Louisville, KY and >the surrounding areas. >One interesting note about this James Rudd (and all descendents) was that he >was Catholic. This leads me to believe that he might possibly be from Ireland >rather than England, but this is pure speculation at this point.