This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dklart Surnames: McElliot, MacElliot, Abramo, Cassidy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/182.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found a bit for you, I looked at your tree to find the info you didn't include in your post. Marriage of: John C McElliot and Dorothy Abramo 12 Dec 1929, Queens, New York. Certificate # 3919 source:http://www.italiangen.org This site has a form to order a copy of the marriage certificate. You'll want to get this if you intend on continuing your search back. The marriage record will have the names of their parents. Meanwhile I'm guessing the WW1 reg, and census records below are for this family. Again, the marriage record can confirm this is the right track. =========================================================== World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com) Name: John Charles Mcelliott City: Queens County: Queens State: New York Birth Date: 21 Sep 1898 Race: White FHL Roll Number: 1818487 DraftBoard: 184 The nearest relative he lists on this record is Mrs Sarah McElliot. This link will take you to the record if you have an Ancestry.com subscription. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=1&gsfn=john&gsln=mcelliot&sx=&f1=New York&f2=Queens&f3=&f20=&f16=&f15=&rg_f14__date=&rs_f14__date=0&f18=&gskw=&prox=1&db=ww1draft&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=39&fh=2&h=1635741&recoff=1 3 ========================================================= 1920 United States Federal Census Name: John Mac Elliot [John Macelliot] Home in 1920: Queens Assembly District 4, Queens, New York Age: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1899 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Birth Place: England Mother's name: Sarah Cassidy Mother's Birth Place: England Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Male Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Name Age Sarah Cassidy 45 [this is his mother, who remarried] William Elliot 23 John Mac Elliot 21 http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=4442060_00036&fn=John&ln=Mac Elliot&st=r&ssrc=&pid=110582797 ======================================================== 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Sarah Cassidy Age in 1910: 35 Estimated birth year: abt 1875 Birthplace: England Relation to Head of House: Wife Father's Birth Place: England Mother's Birth Place: England Spouse's name: James Cassidy Home in 1910: Queens Ward 4, Queens, New York Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Year of immigration: 1895 Household Members: Name Age James Cassidy 35 Sarah Cassidy 35 William W Mack 13 John C Mack 11 Bessie Cassidy 10 Mary Cassidy 8 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1910uscenindex&rank=1&gsfn=Sara*&gsln=Cass*&sx=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&_8000c002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&gskw=New York Queens England&sbo=1&pcat=35&fh=0&h=138371764&recoff=8 9 ======================================================== I'm not finding a 1900 Census record, There are lots of pieces to put a puzzle together, everyone experiences the same in searching family history. You find one clue and apply it to the next search. The indexing is far from perfect, you have to learn how to wild card search to return results. Try and keep your tree clean. Beware of shaky leafs to other trees. They might give you a clue, but don't clutter up yours with someone else's guess. 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.