Good Morning Jean, On James' Intent papers it says he was born in Ireland in..........left blank with a line drawn. I have his original naturalization paper with the gold seal which is dated March 8, 1894. It says he was a native of Ireland. His Intent paper was filed in Delaware County, PA on the 24th of September, 1890. It says he was born on March 15, 1852 and is presently about 38 years old. It says he was born a member of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and owed allegiance to the Queen. He migrated from Liverpool, England to the US and arrived at the port of Philadelphia, on the 26th of July, 1875 and settled in Delaware County, PA. Everything is just the standard form. I doubt I could find anything else regarding this on Google. His newspaper death notice.......just said Ireland. On his death certificate: Born in Ireland, Father John Doran....born in Ireland, mother Mary Scullan (spelling...a little off) born in Ireland. Once again, thanks for your interest and help. Barbara ________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Jean R. Sent: Wed 10/25/2006 1:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IGW] Ulster Resource/AncestryIreland.com - Provinces -DORAN/SCULLION Barbara, Another good website for you would be AncestryIreland.com, specializing in early Ulster records, some accessed by membership, some free such as the all-Ireland Matheson Survey of Surnames (1890) Scullion Total births:17 Principally located in counties:10 in Antrim and 5 in Londonderry. Spelling variations Scullion(0) Total Ulster = 17 Total Leinster = 0 Total Connaught = 0 Total Munster = 0 Doran Total births:97 Principally located in counties:Dublin, Wexford, Down and Armagh. Spelling variations Doran(0) Total Ulster = 20 Total Leinster = 60 Total Connaught = 4 Total Munster = 13 I realize your FH is for an earlier time period, but thought you would like to take a look at these. IRISH PROVINCES LEINSTER: Cos. Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois (Leix/Queen's), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly (King's), Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. MUNSTER: Cos. Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. ULSTER: Divided in two sections -- (1) Northern Ireland with Cos. Antrim, Armagh, Derry/Londonderry, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone. (2) Republic of Ireland with Cos. Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. . CONNAUGHT: Cos. Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. I agree, best to start with Belfast-related records. I'll bet your DORAN and SCULLION met and/or married in the north of Ireland. (I've heard that Irish marriages often took place in the bride's parents' locale, which may be the case here.) I am assuming that the reference to Shankill Parish definitely regarding Belfast city? I'm surprised that your James DORAN's USA naturalization papers didn't state a place of birth. Makes me wonder if there might have been another paper involved in the process. (?) If you have it handy, tell us what they say - i.e., place, date. Be sure and google information about naturalizations that took place in that time period, what they entailed as far as paperwork, etc. Did you say you also had his death certificate? Doesn't give place of birth other than Ireland? Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "conaught2" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [IGW] County Down - Ideas for USA Research Hi Barbara, Belfast is mostly in County Antrim, just a very small section is in County Down. <snip> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message