Thank you to all who replied to my post about my new-found DORHAN ancestor of County Galway. ALL of the replies were most intresting and informative. For example, Ellen Naliboff found a marriage record which included a very similar surname, Walter DORAN, who married Mary Lacy, 15 Mar 1824 in Ballinkill. Wits Patt Lucy and Mary King. Source: Marriages in the RC Diocese of Tuam, 1820-1829 My lovely friend Anne in Co Waterford suggested that "the name could also be DROHAN !" That name, I found, is fairly common in County Waterford, but not in Galway. Anne, I know you just want me to come back to Kilmac, Kilrossanty and Lyre! Rbrn123@aol.com was kind enough to look up the name DORHAN in the Griffith's index CD, and found none. However, a very interesting possibility resulted on the lookup of DORAN. There was indeed a John DORAN found in the Parish of Tuam, which I believe to be in the area where my ancestor came to Massachusetts from. This is the second DORAN found in this parish, including Ellen's Walter DORAN. Christine Escoriza found two DORHAN civil registrations, also in and around Kilmacthomas, County Waterford. Did Anne put you up to this, Christine? Thank you. And Pat Traynor also suggested a couple of good possibilities; "DORNAN, a Huguenot name, or maybe O'DORNIN, Irish. If it was printed in caps, an N could look like an H." Several others also responded just to say "attaboy Tony" on my reseaerch breakthrough. You all are appreciated, and you demonstrate why Shamrock is a such a great list. I also checked the Rootsweb Irish Church Records site; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurchrecords/index.html and I found the following, Marriage Record for Margaret Drohan Name: Drohan, Margaret Spouse: Patrick Power Witness: Patrick Curry; Margaret Drohan Location of Event: Carrickbeg, Waterford, IRL Date: 7 Jan. 1819 Notes: St. Molleran's Church Marriage Record for Mary Anne DORAN Name: DORAN, Mary Anne Donor Information Spouse: Martin MAHONEY Witness: Patrick Doran, Catherine Doran Location of Event: Tipperary, IRL Parish: Gortnahoe Date: 29 Nov 1845 Source: 1983 extractions Marriage Record for Catherine DORAN Name: DORAN, Catherine Spouse: Thomas Nugent Witness: John Drohan; Mary Drohan Location of Event: Mothel & Rathgormuck, Waterford, IRL Date: 24 Nov. 1904 These records were donated to this database by people like you. If you are interested in contributing your Irish baptismal and marriage record data, please contact me. There are now over 3,000 records. Best wishes, Tony Riordan triordan@msn.com _________________________________________________________ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurchrecords/index.html Search Rooteweb's Irish Church Records Database