PoRecuoRd When I first began this work, I wanted to determine when my Doyle ancestors arrived from Ireland. After finding and reading the obituary of my Gt. Gt. Grandfather James Doyle (died 1863), I wondered about such things as his burial site and the names of his twelve children. I then became curious about the life of James and those of his children. I had some knowledge of one child, James B. Doyle , my grandfather's father, and began a search for information about the others. I did not know so much as a name of any of the others. I began at the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation where I found census information, some baptisms, and a few references to newspaper articles regarding these people. I talked to many people, some of whom actually knew one or more of the twelve children. As I accumulated more and more knowledge of these people, I began to feel I knew them personally. Each new fact created other questions, driving me to delve further into their lives. Visits to the Courthouse in Chariottctown provided two documents of great importance to this story: the wills of William Lacey and James Doyle . Since the Doyle family was a member of the St. Dunstan's Parish in Charlottetown , I spent many hours searching the St. Dunstan's Parish Regis¬ ters. I also spent much time at the Provincial Archives, U.P.E.I. Library , and P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation studying land conveyances, old newspapers, court records, old photographs, magazines and books. Much was gained by writing letters to various Provincial and State archives. The informa- I tion from Ireland was obtained principally through a fine gentleman named [ Hilary Murphy , author of The Families of Wexford . It was all interesting, including the walks through the cemeteries with my I wife in search of some gravestone of significance—an exercise Evelyn calls I "graveyard stomping". What follows is the result of seven years' work. I hope I it will be of interest to other descendants of James Doyle and Margaret Lacey , I including my children Jennifer and Michael who have many more interesting I things to think about, at this time in their lives, than family history. The reader will notice that I have dealt principally with those Doyles who I lived on Doyles Point. The reason for this is one of time and availability of Iresearch materials. Louis J. Daley , 1992