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September 13, 2007

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Michael Carroll

Great article. I dated a Mary Daly in Chicago during High School. Has anyone cantacted Mayor Daly in Chicago? Or, the ex-Mayor Riordan in Los Angeles? They could be related.

Ann Lamb

In August 1963, George McCort died at age 86. He had been a fireman in New York and lived in a basement apartment in apparent poverty so his accumulated wealth from stock investment came as quite a shock to his heirs. Despite repeated advice, George left no will. Since he had no surviving parents or siblings, a widespread legal search for living cousins was necessary. The search for cousins in the United States and Ireland went on for years and cost "a bundle" in search and legal fees. Each of the 12 living heirs (of original 50 cousins) received some $25,000 which was a small fortune to many of them at the time. The inflation calculator at http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ says that it would be worth $161,000 in 2006.

A copy of the administration of the will which listed the results of the lawyer's search with the names of every cousin, living and dead, was invaluable to me in my research on the family, as my grandfather was one of those cousins. Unfortunately he was already deceased at the time.

B Schalk

What a coincidence running into this article. I am actually Richard Schalk's second cousin, but here in the United States. I have never been contacted by anyone doing "research" since all of it is focused on his Irish roots. The fact is, he did have a will.. although unsigned at the time of his death. In the will he specifically named his relatives that he would like his money split between, as well as charities. The State of Virginia opted to disregard the will and instead focus on his Irish heritage, and in doing so disregard the majority of his relatives here in the states. In all truth, no one is going to be a millionaire other than the lawyers that have been handling this for years.

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