You can check the burial records, and see if they list a surname for Susan. Also check death certificates for all their children. The death certificates for the children is how we found the surname for the spouse of ggggf who came from Ireland. Looks like you need to check censuses. 1870 will tell you birth place of the listed person. 1880 and later censuses will tell you birth place of their parents. 1900 and later censuses will tell you year of immigration for the listed person. Sue On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:45:44 +0000 kate7@comcast.net (KATIE) writes: > OKAY - MY NAME IS KATIE COLBY. I HAVE TRACED MY RELATIVES TO > RICHMOND COUNTY GEORGIA, 1850. MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WILLIAM > COLBY, BORN IRELAND WAS MARRIED TO A SUSAN AND THEY HADSEVERAL > CHILDREN INCLUDING, MARY ANN, ELIZABETH, CHARLOTTE, THOMAS, JOHN AND > MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WILLIAM A. COLBY WHO WAS BORN IN RICHMOND > COUNTY GEORGIA IN 1852. IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER I CAN TRACE HE AND > CHARLOTTE AND THOMAS AND MARYANN ALL, AT SOME TIME TO NYC THRU 1900. > I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WHERE IN IRELAND HE > WAS BORN? WAS HIS "SUSAN" BORN IN IRELAND AND DID THEY TRAVEL TO > GEORGIA DIRECTLY FROM IRELAND? WAS SUSAN BORN IN RICHMOND COUNTY? > WHAT PART OF RICHMOND COUNTY DID THEY RESIDE IN?