Church records for baptisms and marriages often identify godparents/witnesses which I have found useful in identifying relationships/peripheral families. My grandparents marriage was witnessed by someone I thought to be a family friend but the church record identified her as a cousin and eventually closed a gap in my line. Lillian in Houston -----Original Message----- From: Snaturequest@aol.com <Snaturequest@aol.com> To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Baptism Cert >Im trying everything,death cert(dont know the date) same with marriage,no >record of birth,probably born at home.No family left in NY all deceased. >John > > >==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== >List Administrators: >Tracy Cassidy GaelEire@aol.com >Jim McCarthy SPAGHETTICOWBOY@cs.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >