In a message dated 5/8/05 10:21:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I am looking for information on Dawson Downing, born abt 1790 in Ireland, married Sara McEver. They are in Pennsylvania shortly after 1820 and lived in Pittsburgh until shortly before 1860, when I can no longer find any record of them. Keep in mind that many Irish immigrated to Nova Scotia and then migrated to other areas, including New Brunswick and Maine. I know there are some Downings and McCarthy families listed in the church records of Assumption Parish in Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Assumption Parish has a website with oodles of birth, marriage, and funeral records going back to about 1860s, and which also includes names of witnesses. All info is posted online, and it is a FREE site. To find the website, just type: Assumption Parish Grand Falls New Brunswick .....in your web browser. Very excellent site for French heritage and Irish heritage research, if your ancestors are from that area.