Hi Dave, That makes sense (finding some in Longford). Somewhere in researching the surname I learned that a family with this name had been run out of the area by some other Irish clan. They relocated to Connacht, usually Clare. But as the name means son of the devotee of St. Michael, and he had more than one, they're not all related. Linda Merle ----- Original Message ----- From: "D H" <hallmark1@utvinternet.com> To: SCOTCH-IRISH@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:15:06 PM Subject: Re: [S-I] Surname Spellingssss in Deeds/Wills by Clerks This would be Newtowncashel area of Longford, on eastern shore of Lough Ree, just north of Athlone Re: [S-I] Surname Spellingssss in Deeds/Wills by Clerks /Date:/ Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:07:04 +0000 (UTC) /In-Reply-To:/ <4EEA6253.704@utvinternet.com> Hi Dave, I did research for a Melville in the USA. In Limerick the name was Mulvihill. However not all the Mulvihills in Limerick are related either. The ones around the Shannon mouth are not related to his -- up in the hills on the road to Kerry. He's related to the Kerry Mulvihills, who have a 'private marker' -- a rare DNA mutation. What county were you with these Mulvihills? BTW, there's a bunch of them in the local cemetery. I never saw them until I began research on this family. Then one day I walked up the hill through the cemetery with my dogs, as I had done innumerable times before -- and there was a huge tombstone that said Mulvihill. All I know of this family is they were from Pittsburgh, well off, and early patrons of the local Catholic church. By early I mean late 1800s/early 1900s....New Kensington is an industrial age invention, home of Alcoa, that didn't exist much earlier. Linda Merle ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message