Hi Renee -- It is possible that some of your family members may have crossed the USA/Canadian border after 1895. Check out the microfilmed "Soundex Index To Canadian Border Entries Through the St. Albans, VT District, 1895-1924" at branches of the National Archives (USA) or at your local LDS (Mormon) Family History Center - Film set M1461. While the data was apparently stored in VT, it applies to "aliens" crossing AT ANY POINT along the entire border. You owe it to yourself to investigate this excellent record set, even if you suspect (or know) that the date of emigration took place some years earlier, as your people may have returned to the old country to visit or other relatives may have emigrated. Data includes date of birth, age, where born, personal description (color of hair, height, scars), name and age of travelling companion, last address, address of relative or friend in the "old country," same at the intended destination. While parents' names are not given, the person paying for the trip is. Also given is the date when last in the country, which can lead you to an earlier filmed card of information. Each time an "alien" crossed back and forth across the USA/Canadian border a new card was generated. This film set gives you the name of a particular ship, port and date if one is involved in travel, which can lead to a second film containing the ship's manifest. Some may have taken a ship and gotten off in Quebec City, for example, then taken a train and crossed the border into the USA. The films are soundexed, alphabetized by surname. Individuals with a particular surname (and variations) for the entire time period given (35+ years), will be found on one, at the most, two microfilms, depending on how common the surname is. Access to these films is free at the National Archives and less than $4.00 at your local LDS FHC. I found, to my surprise and delight, several aunts and uncles who emigrated to the USA from Liverpool via Canada on these films, including my father whose card appears on this film even though he emigrated in 1925. I also found a young uncle who was a seaman. At the LDS FHC use the Library Catalogue CD to find this and related films by either keying in M1461 or #1472801; the latter is the number of the first film in that US/CAN film set. You'll need to know the soundex code for the surname you are researching, which turns out to be H465 for both HALLORAN and HOLLARN. Looking at my guide here at home, your H465 entries are found on film #1472994, which covers soundex code H452 John A. - H513 Kristiana. Understanding Soundex page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson9.htm#Soundex RootsWeb's Soundex Converter: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Renee Harris" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 7:35 PM > Subject: [IRELAND] Thomas Halloran=Hanora Connelly ? > > >> Am looking for the parents & birthplaces of the >> following family: >> Thomas HALLORAN(HOLLARN) b. abt. 1820 & married to >> Hanora CONNOLLY b. bet. 1820-1827(County Clare?) >> Had children born in Ireland: 1-Margaret,b.1847; >> 2-William,b. 1848-9 & md. Mary CUMMINS 17 May 1876 in >> Canandaigua, NY; 3-Anna,b.1854; >> 4-John Hollarn(Halloran) b. abt. Feb 1855-Ireland- >> md. Catherine FLYNN in Canandaigua, Ontario,New York >> on 8 May 1876 and later moved to Buffalo, Erie, New >> York where he died in 1913. >> Family probably emigrated to New York bet. >> 1855-1875. Would appreciate any help or suggestions. >> Thanks, Renee Harris >