Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4dW.2ACEB/1418.2 Message Board Post: Jim, If you want to find more information on the family in Ireland Clonmel church registers would be your resource. You could check for the availability of microfilm copies thru a LDS Family History Centre. You can also check thru LDS for microfilm copies of Irish civil records which started in 1864. There are gaps in their microfilms, but you may be able to get some family detail from what's available. You could also request copies of James Flynn's long form birth cert from Co. Tipperary or the General Register Office in Dublin. Unfortunately, there are generally no surviving census returns for the 1800's for Ireland. However, the first complete Irish census is from 1901 and it may contain information on James Flynn's parents or perhaps other family members who remained in Ireland. Eilis O'Hara -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton