This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WWC.2ACI/3287.1 Message Board Post: Hi. This is a longshot on my part but I just received a copy of my gggrandfather's death certificate. He was born in Ireland about 1831. It states that his father's name was Conrad and his mother's name was Nellie (which is the diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor; no maiden name given). HOWEVER, in the 1870 US census, their first son is named Cornelius and he was born in Ireland about 1859. Could your Cornelius be his grandfather? My gggrandfather Edward and his family emigrated to New York in the late 1860s. Any connection to your Halpins? Margaret