Yesterday I finished transcribing the declarations of intention for the Irish born from the 3rd item of LDS film #1304663 which covers 1860 to 1871. There are over 260 records and I have them linked on the Troy section of my website (URL under my name) and on the Naturalizations section of the Rensselaer website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrenss2/ The good news about these is that the record included both the townland and county of birth in Ireland...the bad news, is the spellings of the townlands and counties make many of them hard to decipher...so, please read the research notes on the website. If you find your ancestor, go to the source film and figure out the names of the townland and county for yourself. Most of the counties are easy to figure out because there are only 32 counties, however, there are thousands of townlands. To help you figure out a townland, try using the 1851 Townland Index which is on line at: http://www.seanruad.com BTW, while this film is from the Rensselaer County court, there an quite a few records for Washington, Saratoga and Albany county residents, not to mention a few from MA and VT. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton