The most easily obtainable data which might help would be the Civil Registration marriage indexes (began 1845) on LDS microfiche - if you have checked those without success. How about trying Marriages in Scotland or England. Sometimes Irish people worked for a time across-the-water and married there. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Research Researcher" <lists@post.com> To: <IRL-ULSTER@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 8:48 AM Subject: [IRL-ULSTER] Thomas Thompson, c. 1822 > My ancestor Thomas Thompson gave his birth statistics as 20 October > 1822 > somewhere near Clones, but it is not clear whether the event > occurred on > the Fermanagh or the Monaghan side. He seems to have had a brother > William and possibly also a brother Andrew, but any other siblings > remain > presently unknown. In the late 1840s or early 1850s he married > Eleanor > Rickey, whose birth took place in Fermanagh in late 1827 and whose > christening record has been located nearby at Clones, Monaghan in > early > 1828. This couple subsequently emigrated to Canada, where they both > died > in the early 1900s at very advanced ages. However no further trace > of > Thomas' birth, christening or parentage, nor of the marriage, has > ever > been found in any logical source or place. These people were > staunch > adherents of the Church of Ireland. If anyone might perhaps be able > to > help or advise in clearing up any of this mystery, such kindness > would > most certainly be very deeply appreciated indeed.