Hi Diane, I checked with my 'Hosty friend' and he said the birth date for his father, John HOSTY, was May 30, 1904 so the Hosty of Tuam would not seem to be a good match. He also said his father did not have a middle name, so the John Felix Hosty right now doesn't seem to be the John Hosty my friend is looking for. The John Hosty of Castlegar is the best option I have. Let me see if somehow I can find more information on that John Hosty. However, after doing genealogy research for 20 years I know we have to be prepared for 'surprises'. Thanks for the help, Charlie King Diane wrote: The familysearch pilot search says John's birth was registered Jan.-March 1904, and by that time registrations generally occurred within a few weeks of the birth, so he might have been born in late 1903. If you want to order the complete registration from the GRO (groireland.ie), it was vol. 4, p. 421. (The nearest other John Hosty registrations in Galway are 1898 and 1920, so if his birth was registered, and most were, probably yours.) Diane ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4bb738db27a4c89326st06vuc