Randy Cook wrote: > > I am researching a John W. Dawson who may have immigrated from Ireland. He was in > the 5th Indiana Cavalry, co. I. I cannot find any proof that he is Irish, if so > went he came to America and who he married. HELP!!!! He was supposedly born abt > 1840. ---------------- Randy, What have you found so far in way of census data? If he was born in Ireland, it should say so. The 1870 census will say whether he's a US citizen, while the 1900 census will show year of immigration and whether naturalized. Naturalization papers will likely be more accurate as to when he entered the country and might give at least the county of birth, rather than just say Ireland. As far as finding his wife, have you tried you local FHC to see what vital records they might have. I'm not familiar with Indiana's system of keeping records, whether they're centralized or retained by county, or whether they're indexed - and GenWeb is down right now - maybe someone else is. Dennis