I have found Michael and Lawence arriving in the Port of NY on the guy Mannering in 1853. The manifest just gives me Ireland. I have looked and looked somemore of any info one where the three brothers came from Lawrence was 20yrs old when he arrived. This family was Roman Catholic and most of the records I have found are C of I. Lawrence's wife Catherine Joynt/Joint age 22 arrived in 1855 sailing from Ireland to the Carribean then on to NY. Her mother Ann age 55 accompanied her. Bridget Mitchell 1st wife of John Mitchell died in August 1851 in Kingston NY. The 3 brothers settled there. John and Lawrence were contractors who worked on the building of the Kingston City Hall in 1873. As you can see I have an extensive history of the brothers and their families here. But did they come from in galway??? Lawrence was my Gr-Grandfather. I have been searching for an answer for 11+ years. I heard from a Laurance Mitchll in Portumna some time ago but no connection was made. John b. 1829, Michael b. 1835, Lawrence b. 1832 d. 1904. Help!! Thanks Pat Judy Christopher On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Pat Connors <nymets11@pacbell.net> wrote: > I agree, I would use the GV as a guide to find where the surname was > found at that time, then check the tithes for the civil parishes where > they were found in the GV and then go on to the religious records. > > > Judy, even though your Mitchells were here before Griffith's, you might > > concentrate on those parishes that had Laurence Mitchells because it > wasn't a > > terribly common name and, as you know, given names generally ran in > families. > > One of the Laurence's in Griffith's might have been a cousin or nephew of > > yours. Portumna RC parish records have been filmed by the LDS back to > 1830. > > > > > > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Judy Christopher