I would think that by 1872, there would be naturalization and immigration records kept by U.S. National Archives and Records Admin. Start with their onllne resources. A job or preceding family members in TN probably brought them there. Best guess port of entry would be NewOrleans. Online Irish civil recors might rreveal the birth of the baby. Check the General Regist Offic GRO in Roscommon plus online church records at irishgenealogy.com online for Kerry Michael DANAHY http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/a/n/Michael-C-Danahy/index.html RESEARCHING IN MA (Hopkinton), IRE, ENG ALDRICH http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~aldrichnaa/ (one m SMITH, earlier ones m CASAVANT, COMEE, http://www.familyorigins.com/users/e/v/a/Jeanne-C-Evans LOVELL, PRAY, PRENTICE, RAWSON, SEALD, THAYER); http://members.xoom.com/jaldrich/Lines/Michael.htm Aldrich Family biographies, go to http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssociation/AldrichBios or go to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aldrich/ CASAVANT (who m MORAN); CURRAN (who m DANAHY) DANAHY (b. in Hopkinton and who m LENAN, siblings m. TOLAN, JOHNSON, O'CONNOR) LENAN (who m O"BRIEN); SMITH (who m CASEY); PRENTICE (who m ALDRICH) http://www.prenticenet.com/roots/prentice/robert/#R4 RAWSON (one m ALLEN, later one TORREY) http://www.rawsonfamilyassoc.org/ THAYER (Thomas m WHEELER, son Ferdinando m HAYWARD); http://thayerfamilies.com/thomas-line.htm On Aug 10, 2013, at 9:24 PM, Shirley Holdahl wrote: > Does anyone have a clue as to where immigrants from Killarney might set sail to the US in 1872 and if Canada might be a destination? My John and Kate OConnor with my grandmother, baby Mary Jo, came to Tennessee in 1872, but I have not been able to find them on a ships list. They were originally from Ballylongford/Tarbert area of North Kerry. Why Tennessee of all places? That's a mystery. John was a shoemaker so could have settled anywhere. Still looking for their parents in Kerry also, but I have found some possibilities in the Kerry church records. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > Shirley > White Bear Lake, MN. > > _______________