Have you tried the LDS Irish Birth Marriage and Death Index? http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c= 1408347 Here is a birth from that index that is a good fit for Robert: Name: Robert McGuckin Registration district: Cookstown Record type: BIRTHS Registration date - quarter and year: Jan - Mar 1909 Estimated birth year: Age: Mother's surnames: Film number: 101072 Volume: 1 Page: 535 Digital GS number: 4194691 Image number: 00372 Collection: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958 For 5 Euros you can view a transcript of the Civil birth record on: http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com <http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/> Here is the family in the 1911 Census, living in Cookstown: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Cookstown_Urban/Oldt own_Street/858668/ Residents of house number 3 in Oldtown Street (Cookstown Urban, Tyrone) McGucken James 38 Male Presbyterian born Co Antrim McGucken Sarah 35 Female born Co. Tyrone, 5 children, all living McGucken Willie 9 Male born Co. Tyrone McGucken James 8 Male born Co. Tyrone McGucken Thomas C 6 Male born Co. Tyrone McGucken Martha 4 Female born Co. Tyrone McGucken Robert 2 Male born Co. Tyrone Laurel Baty -----Original Message----- From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lyn Baker Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:22 AM To: COTYRONEIRELAND@rootsweb.com Subject: [CoTyIre] James McGUCKEN born 1873 Cookstown, Tyrone Hi I am new to this list and am searching for information on James McGucken born c 1873. wife Sarah born c 876, children Willie b 1902, James b 1903, Thomas C b 1905, Martha b 1907, Robert b 1909 Robert married Elizabeth Fleming Wright c 1937 in ireland. They had three children and she then divorced Robert. Elizabeth died in 1970's in ireland. Looking for any information re this family or marriage for Robert and Elizabeth, or his parents James and Sarah. Reciprocal lookups done in Australia regards Lyn Baker AUSTRALIA ------------- Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message