Very instructive, Pat. Thank you. - Jerry Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Connors" <nymets11@pacbell.net> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 11:04 AM Subject: [Irish-American] My research story > I am relating a rather long story, so that others can learn about the > ups and downs of genealogy research. It is in essence a story on how I > found where my O'Connors came from in Ireland ... > > I started searching my O'Connor family in 1992 when I first got on the > internet. All I had in my babybook was that my great grandfather was > James O'Connor and was born in Tipperary, Ireland. Now, I knew my > grandfather, James was born in Troy NY, so I had to assume he father > emigrated. My first trip back to Troy, since I was a child, was in > 1995. I visited the Troy Public Library, the Rensselaer County > Courthouse and St. Joseph's Church. In the library, I searched the > federal censuses on film and found my grandfather's family in 1880 and > 1900 and found he had two brothers I had never heard about, and a sister > I had known. I found all their baptisms at St Joseph's. In the > courthouse I searched naturalization records in very old books with > pages ripped out....it should be noted what when I do research, I write > down all occurrences of the O'Connor/Connors name. Also, at St > Joseph's, I got all the O'Connor/Connor cemetery records (their is also > a St Joseph's Cemetery where the parishioners are buried). > > When I got home from my trip, back to CA, I started to digest all I had > found and put it together in some logical order. From the information, > I reconstructed my grandfather's family which included these children by > birth order: Timothy, Timothy, Michael, James Timothy, Winifred, John. > The only one I had ever met or heard about was Aunt Winnie. However, my > grandfather did mention he had a nephew who was a priest who still used > the O'Connor name. My grandfather was baptized an O'Connor but died a > Connors, his father changed the name when he was young. I found from > the cemetery records that the first Timothy died as a baby and the 2nd > Timothy died at about 7 yrs of age both before my grandfather was born. > > From the censuses, I found that ggrandfather, James, had emigrated ca > 1863. In the 1870 census, he lived next door to Timothy and Catherine > O'Connor and their daughter. With Jame's family there was an older > couple, William and Bridget O'Connor. Now, having learned about the > Irish naming pattern, I had strong suspicions that Timothy was James' > father's name since he named his first two children after him. But to > prove it, I would need a death certificate. > > This is getting long, so I am going to do it in installments... > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton > > > > > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. >

Please friends, can anyone tell me how to obtain an Obituary in the NY TImes on a George Benedict Sloan July 15th. 1958. Or would their be a well know Brooklyn Newspaper that I'm not aware of. Kathleen