Can someone locate Thomas Harmon in an 1834 or 1836 birth record or a marriage record in Co. Kilkenny? Thomas may have emigrated to NY at the age of 14 but farmed and died in Lebanon (Warren Co.-Turtlecreek Township) Ohio. He'd married Ellen Quinlisk from Co. Tipperary...I found him an 1880 census there with his wife and 4 sons. The oldest son, James H., married a Sarah Ann Quinlisk in Ohio in 1885. Their son William Harmon was my grandfather. William left his wife, four sons and one daughter when my Dad was 10 years old. So it has only been in the last couple of years that I’ve found “family.” My Dad is 86 years old now and it gives me great pleasure to give him some “roots.” I hope my trip to Ireland this Sep will fill in some of the blanks! But I seem to have hit a brick wall on the Harmon side. My focus is on Co. Kilkenny because there is one grave in Ohio that is near Thomas Harmon's gravesite that reads Bridget Harmon, and it is hard to read, but it is believed to read "Kilkenny, Ireland." Also, one relative said Thomas's parents were Lawrence Harmon (b. 12 Dec 1808 in Kilkenny) and Bridget Hays (b. 29 Aug 1813) although could not explain where this information came from. I don't know what RC church registries to look in. Where would I begin at the National Library in Dublin? Thanks for any help or advice you can give. Rita