Hi All, Trying to 'match up' people in a 'ProQuest Obituaries' list of MING*Y I have made some progress, especially 'navigating' around New York. In doing so I have come across a Lawerence/Laurence MINGEY, b.1844, IRELAND and many of his desecendants, well sort of as there are many questions yet to be answered. Now up to now (after 25 years of reseach) there have been no indication of the MING*Y surname occurring in Ireland, but it is quite clear that is no longer the case, Ancestry.co.uk has given me the baptism of Laurence MINGY as 29 Apr 1844, the son of Edward MINGY & Rose (nee HAND), together with many other children, however no other information is forthcoming regarding EDWARD MINGY. So searching around for Irish Church Records I have come across IrishGeneaology which requires subsciption of £20 for one month. Hence my first question is 'will it be worth my subscribing' in order to get further data on EDWARD MINGY &/or his ancestors and secondly is there an Irish surname list so that I might ascertain whether MINGY is MINGY or an variation of another name? Regards Tony Anthony John MINGAY, now in NZ once of Kent & Suffolk, England but still researching Worldwide the surname MINGAY & its variants. http://www.mingayhistory.co.uk.