I would add that migrants often gave the nearest big town in their old country as their place of origin which their new countrymen would have heard about, e.g. Glasgow in the example that Janet gives. David Armstrong Maylands Western Australia From: Janet Morgan via Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:28 PM To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD Places of birth Sometimes families gave place of birth as a nearby town or registration district instead of town land or village. For years looked for my Scottish great great grandfather in Glasgow Lanarkshire until I finally found his obituary from 1915 in NY that stated he was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire in 1830. Johnstone is about 10 miles from Glasgow city. Bingo found the whole family in 1841 census! When searching for births the best reminder is to widen the scope as mother frequently went to her family for birthing. Janet --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus