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 "Joe Pessarra" <joepessarraspam@spamcox.net> wrote in message news:514ef.5271$om5.2618@dukeread04... > > "Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> wrote in message > news:dlaa84$nrq$1@pcls4.std.com... >> Colm Hasson <c01m@hasson1.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: >> : I would like to hear from anyone with information on Margaret, James, >> : Dorothy and Morris Hasson and their descendants. >> >> : They were born in Manhattan about 1906 to 1910. >> >> I'm not sure what this has to do with soc.genealogy.ireland but here are >> some New York links that may be of some use. > > (Rest of message snipped.) > > All very good links that should be of some help. > > Ellis Island records at http://www.ellisisland.org/ show 355 Hasson > listings > coming variously from Ireland, Italy, England, Greece, India, Turkey, > Syria, > Scotland, Brazil, and other countries. > > There are 42 listings that show to be of Irish ethnicity. Maybe Colm has > knowledge that his particular Hassons came from Ireland. Ireland phone > directory on the Net at > http://www.infobel.com/teldir/result.asp?url=http://mmm.eircom.ie/phonebook/ > shows a Colm Hasson living at 2 Whitehill Muff Donegal. > > It would help if more information was given by Colm, such as names of > persons entering the US, about when they entered, etc. > > Joe in Georgetown, Texas, USA > >

"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