Joe I appreciate your help. Their father was Manassa and can be found in the 1900, 1920, and 1930 census reports. I have traced him and his wife Katie [nee Boyle] but have not been able to trace any of the family. Morris who died in Seattle in 1996 looks about the right age but I have not succeeded in making any relevant contact. Colm "Joe Pessarra" <joepessarraspam@spamcox.net> wrote in message news:dRaef.5334$om5.4043@dukeread04... > "Colm Hasson" <c01m@hasson1.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:dlb8ko$p82$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk... >> Two points Joe: >> >> As my message states; the people I wish to hear from/about were born in >> Manhattan - their father was Irish. >> >> I am not Colm Hasson who lives at 2 Whitehill Muff Donegal. >> >> Colm > > Colm, > > Yes, I understood that those people you spoke of were born in the US. > But, > as I asked in my last message, can you give us more information, such as > the > name of the father, year of birth, when he arrived in the US, where his > home > in Ireland was, etc. This will give us something more to work with. I > was > unable to find in any family listing, the combination of names you gave in > the censuses that I reviewed. > > Also did the father come directly to the US, or maybe through Canada, as > my > wife's ancestors did? > > And pardon my confusion of you with the other Colm Hasson. ;) > > And I agree with you that many Americans read soc.genealogy.ireland, and > are > happy to try and assist a genealogy searcher from Ireland. The sources > that > Denis gave you are quite excellent, and I hope you can find something > there. > You probably do not need to spend much time on the Italian and German > sources, since your Hasson is from Ireland. ;) > > I will continue to do some searching for you, and let you know what I > find. > But, if you do have some more information you can share on the father > and/or > mother of the children, that would be helpful. > > Good luck. > > Joe in Texas > >

Colm: The sites listed by Dennis Ahern are indeed excellent, since I have also been researching my Irish lines that all came through New York at one point or another. The site he mentioned http://italian.org/NYCDeath.stm, doesn't just have Italians....it has lots of others also, and lots of Irish, so it is worth checking out.