Hi Listers, In the past, I have written to the Co. Meath list to tell everyone about the public hospital records on the New Orleans (Orleans Parish) rootsweb site.  I am joining the list again temporarily to remind you that I have just finished May and June.  New Orleans was one of the major ports in the US in the 1850's, and many immigrants found their way to the public hospital when they were sick because they were poor and could not afford to pay for their medical care.  There were patients admitted to the hospital from all over the world.  Even if your ancestors wound in areas further up the Mississippi River, or along the Missouri or Ohio Rivers, you should check the New Orleans site, since many people arrived in New Orleans only to stay a short time and make their way to Kentucky, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri and other parts of the midwest. If you have missed my past announcements regarding earlier months of 1851, you might want to check all the names Janurary through June (and now part of July) yourself on the following web site: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans/charity.htm">Charity Hospital Records Orleans Parish Archives - LAGENWEB - USGENWEB</A> or <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans/charity.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans/charity.htm</A> The URL of the Orelans Parish (New Orleans) rootsweb home page is: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm</A> Here are the some names of patients from Co. Meath that appeared in May and June in the admission records: Date of Admiss, Date of Death, Date of Disch, Ward, Name, Age, Occupation 1-May -- 12-May 20 Michael Sheridan 25 Laborer 2-May -- ----- 36 Margaret Gahigan 39 2-May -- 16-Jun 33 Thomas McNulty 19 Laborer 4-May -- 17-Jul 34 Alice Murray 40 5-May -- 9-Jun 2 John Collins 50 Laborer 6-May -- 9-May 18 John Farley 25 8-May -- 15-May 34 Bridget Connelly or O'Connelly 22 13-May -- 17-May 30 John McDonald 28 Laborer 15-May -- 30-May 34 Elizabeth Bolan 20 17-May 11-Jun -- 37 Eliza Keating born Lindsey 41 24-May -- 30-May 33 Michael Cook 36 Hacker 29-May -- 29-May 35 Bridget Green 20 30-May -- 2-Jun 36 Mary Kerry or Carey 20 30-May -- 4-Jun 13 Owen Nulty or McAnulty 36 2-Jun -- 6-Jun 36 Rose McDonald born Lavy 60 3-Jun -- 9-Jun 23 John McDonald 28 11-Jun -- 8-Jul 34 Bridget Handley 16 16-Jun -- 20-Jun 24 John Tighe 22 Laborer 17-Jun -- 26-Jul 13 Patrick McCabe 35 Laborer 18-Jun -- 31-Oct 33 Michael Mulvaney 28 Laborer 19-Jun -- 23-Jun 22 Michael Galligan 25 Laborer 23-Jun -- 22-Jun 34 Mary Rourke born Durmegan 25 24-Jun -- 7-Jul 34 Elizabeth Tulley born Kellot 32 24-Jun -- 28-Jun 30 Terence Duffy 33 Laborer 25-Jun -- 1-Jul 24 Owen Caffrey 25 26-Jun -- 5-Jul 34 Mary Riley born Rotchford 25 27-Jun -- 12-Jul 34 Mary Barnes 17 29-Jun 29-Jun -- 11 Patrick Duffy 35 Watchman 29-Jun -- 6-Jul 12 Thomas Adams 25 Seaman Each record also has the place where the person is from, how long he had been in town, marital status, how long sick, the illiness, hour of admission, and remarks. We are very proud of our site - besides these hospital records, we also have posted all the birth, marriage, and death indexes for New Orleans stored at the State Archives in Baton Rouge.  The births cover 1796 - 1901 (the last year possible), the the deaths cover 1804 - 1906 (with more being added daily through 1915), and the marriages cover (1870 - 1905).  We also have complete city directories by name and by address (1805, 1811, 1822, 1832, 1842, and 1851 - 1851 by name only), Civil War draft records that appear in the local papers in the Spring 1865, cemetery records, insane asylum records, tens of thousans of obits and much more. Be sure to check out our web site.  Good luck with your research. Colleen Fitzpatrick CoCoordinator Orleans Parish (New Orleans) Rootsweb Site