This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cdlb624 Surnames: Henry Classification: census Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/416/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm trying to find out the parents of my 3x great-grandmother. From her son's DC, I know her name was Mary Henry. From census records for her son, I gather she was born in PA. In her own census records it says her father was born in Ireland and her mother was born in Germany. I figured they must've married here since they're from different countries but I can't find a marr. cert. if I don't know their names. So! What I've tried doing is going through the 1850 census looking for a man named Henry who was born in Ireland who has a wife who was born in Germany. I've had no luck. Mary was born in Abt 1825 so I've searched immigration records for male Henrys who came over from Ireland before that date and tried to trace them through 1850s census records but again - no luck. If I search earlier census records it won't list any of the info I need. I guess I could get some possible names from Henrys in 1840 who have a female in the household who would be Mary's age but again, I'd just have to try to track those men down in the 1850 to get his and his wife's BP. Is there some other source I could use that I've not thought of? I know there's the possibility that the census records could be wrong - stating, for ex. that they were born in PA instead of Ire/Ger or that Mary's parents weren't born in Ire/Ger. I've considered the possibility that maybe Mary's mother was actually born PA but was "Penn. Dutch" but that's just a wild theory. So, any ideas? Thanks for the help:-) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.