Thank you all for your help. I've looked in family search and believe I have found his marriage. From the census I knew his eldest child was born 1880 so looked for a marriage a year or two previous. I found a William Russell married in 1878 in Clonakilty, not far from Skibbereen? Then, knowing again from the census that his wife's given name was Ellen I did a further search and found an Ellen Flynn married at Clonakilty, same entry numbers! Now to hope for the name of his father. Jack, I have been in touch with the church and through them was led to the eldest son, William Alexander, who was ordained in 1914 as an Anglican minister in Antrim. This was interesting because the census tells me these people were Presbyterian. Anyway, I do have the descendancy of the son. Another question Jack, are the newspapers you suggest online? Thanks again all who responded. Virginia _________________________________________________________________ Find info faster and easier with Internet Explorer 8. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9655583