Hello from a newbie to this interesting list. Could I put my scant information to the cumulative brainpower out there and ask for suggestions as to what (and where) I should look for information regarding my great grandfather please? If I only I had known that I had NY connections I would have headed to the Libraries instead of Bloomingdales when I was there in 1996!!! I think I have found the family in the 1870 NY census (11th District, 6th Ward, - page 50) and would like to know if it is possible to pin down a precise location of their dwelling. I think the area is bounded by Spruce St, Gold St, Liberty St, Broadway and Park Row. Is this Manhattan or Brooklyn?? Bridget (b Ireland 1800) and Thomas (b Ireland 1810) FLYNN and at least one child, Patrick (b Roscommon Ireland 1843), emigrated from Roscommon to NY between 1843 and 1870. Patrick fought in the Civil War and then married Margaret Croke (Croak??) in 1872 at St James Brooklyn (I have a copy of their marriage certificate). Their first child, Thomas, appears to have been born in Brooklyn, NY in the first part of 1876 although I have no proof of this. They sailed for Sydney, Australia on the Ivanhoe on 3 June 1876. I don't know where to look for a shipping list from Ireland to NY (1843-1870) and where to go for a reference for a birth certificate for Thomas Flynn born in 1876. Was there another Census done in 1875? I would be grateful for any suggestions, Susan Hunter Gandy in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia