Hello List, I hope someone will have a thought about a dilemma regarding my ancestor JAMES KNIGHT. On his Citizenship papers in 1878, he states ANTRIM as his place of birth - which would make him Irish. Yet I have also found on various documents, including the 1880 Census in Massachusetts where he states SCOTLAND as his place of birth, but he lists IRELAND as the birth place of both his parents... Has anyone run into this before? Why would he list Scotland as his place of birth? Would his parents have been visiting Scotland? But then his also lists Antrim? I have yet to find any trace of him or his parents [don't know if he had any siblings] in Ireland. James came to NY in 1851, settled in Massachusetts, fought in the Civil War -[those records show nothing except "Ireland"]. Thanks for any thoughts, Paula

By citizenship papers, do you mean Naturalization Papers. If you do, I would hazard a guess that is the correct info. One needs Birth Cert. to become a Citizen. If you decide it was Antrim, there are lots of access to Birth records that can be had. Let me know. Good luck Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 4:17 AM Subject: [ULSTER] KNIGHT born in SCOTLAND/IRELAND? > Hello List, > I hope someone will have a thought about a dilemma regarding my ancestor > JAMES KNIGHT. On his Citizenship papers in 1878, he states ANTRIM as his > place of birth - which would make him Irish. Yet I have also found on > various documents, including the 1880 Census in Massachusetts where he states > SCOTLAND as his place of birth, but he lists IRELAND as the birth place of > both his parents... > > Has anyone run into this before? Why would he list Scotland as his place of > birth? Would his parents have been visiting Scotland? But then his also > lists Antrim? > > I have yet to find any trace of him or his parents [don't know if he had any > siblings] in Ireland. > > James came to NY in 1851, settled in Massachusetts, fought in the Civil War > -[those records show nothing except "Ireland"]. > Thanks for any thoughts, Paula > > > > ==== IRL-ULSTER Mailing List ==== > Direct questions to Admin:[email protected] > Your question will be directed from there to the appropriate authority. > Thank you for visiting Province Ulster, Ireland. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >