I am searching for informaiton about the origin of John Rooney, born about 1833 in Ireland. His brother Martin Rooney was born about 1828 in Ireland and they both immigrated to the US where Martin was married in Indiana about 1850 and John was married about 1855 in Illinois. I have information that their parents were Patrick Rooney and Winnie Moran but I don't have dates of brith, marriage or death for them. Oral family history has been that they came from County Cork in Ireland. I don't know the date they left to come to the US although it has to be between 1828 and 1850 for Martin and probably 1833 to 1850 for John. The family was Catholic. I am trying to find the date and port of their arrival in the US, but I don't have this information yet. I have information that Martin Rooney met his wife-to-be Ann Geraty (Gerarty) on the ship to the US and that she was born in Ireland. If anyone knows this family or can tell me how I could proceed to finding the city of origin for them, I would appreciate it. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates.