From: mconnor@direct.ca I received this to our -request address, He is not a list member, though I could change that :-) , so please respond to his mconnor@direct.ca and to us! Laura I and some of my family presently live on the west coast of Canada. My family root have been traced thru South Dakota, USA and Minnesota USA. The first relative to enter the USA was one Thomas Connor (B: Oct 11, 1842) in Ireland. I have noted that he used surname O'Connor once in the Minnesota 1895 Census All census, State or Federal, Naturalization papers birth and death records all indicate Ireland, no County or Township was ever noted by the authorities there. Naturalization papers indicate he arrived in the USA in 1866 but did not provide a point of arrival, although he married one Mary E. (last name u/k) from New York which would lead one to assume he came to the USA via New York. Only other information I've been able to obtain was that his father was a Thomas Connor and his mother was a Mary Stewart. Both of Ireland. As well, given the surname was Connor as opposed to O'Connor I've been lead to believe that the County of origin is most likely Cork or Roscommon for no other reason the surname is popular there? Obviously my ancestors are from Ireland but with the lack of County etc. I feel stuck in that I'm unable to further my research. I've considered professional researchers in Ireland but I would have to hire one for every County and quite frankly I don't have that kind of money. Could you advise me where to go next? Mike Connor Abbotsford, British Columbia Canada