Hi Listers, In the past, I have written to the Co. Waterford 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. Waterford that appeared in May and June in the admission records: Date of Admiss, Date of Death, Date of Disch, Ward, Name, Age, Occupation 7-Jun 16-Jun 12 Edward Despard 30 Clerk 28-Jun -- 29-Jun 25 Michael Mahon 28 Laborer 1-May -- 7-Jun Cottage Ellen Welch born Power -- See page 137. 14 April 1851. 7-May -- 26-May 5 Michael Power 23 See page 70.**, 15 Feb 1851. 2-Jun -- 15-Jun 36 Ellen Collins 19 15-May -- 1-Jun 19 James Cantwell 18 Carpenter 23-May -- 26-May 12 Michael Powers 22 Laborer 9-Jun -- 29-Jun 34 Johanna Kaine 21 16-Jun 17-Jun -- 31 John Powers 43 Wheelwright 18-Jun -- 27-Jun 13 William Kiley 30 Laborer 23-Jun 2-Sep -- 31 William Morgan 36 Laborer 25-Jun -- 2-Jul 23 David Donavan 35 Laborer 26-Jun 15-Jul -- 36 Johanna Kaine 21 26-Jun -- 21-Jul 21 Martin Flemming 55 Wood Sawyer 26-Jun -- 11-Jul 20 Michael Powers 22 30-Jun -- 10-Jul 33 John Baron 29 Laborer 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