Much obliged to all who responded to my query on Irish surname locater, especially on whereabouts of present day McCallions and Grogans. This is very kind of you. Happy hunting Judy Walsh Gillon Massachusetts >I am looking for GROGAN and McCALLION. As I have only b. Ireland on the >birthdates. Don't know the place,. My webpage has the place of origin of most names, but not Grogan or McCallion. But from my 1997 phonebooks , 56 of 77 GROGANS listed live in the (07) phone area. McCallions: 368 listed. 01 = 146 02 = 5 04 = 46 05 = 62 06 = 45 07 = 62 09 = 57 The areas don't follow county lines with the exceptions being co. Cork and co. Dublin, so some counties are in two different areas. (07/09) are in one book and that area is of Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Galway. (09) is south of Donegal Bay. (06) Includes Clare, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (05) Includes Tipp., Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly. (04) Monaghan, Cavan, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Longford, Kildare, Wicklow. Also small portions of Leitrim, Roscommon, Offaly, and Wexford. (02) Appears to be just co. Cork. (01) Co. Dublin. The area surrounding it is (04). TRAYNOR'S Web Page. (Irish stuff) http://www.angelfire.com/my/tray --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'