Hello Pete, I've been reading your geography items for several years on quite a few Irish lists. I live in the town of Clarence in Erie County which borders Lancaster. Don't hesitate to contact me for Buffalo area lookups. As a member of the Western New York Genealogical Society I go to the Buffalo and Erie County library once a month as a genealogy volunteer to assist newsiest and folks from out of town with local genealogical research questions. In addition to the federal censuses, NY State conducted censuses in Western NY in 1855, 1865 (very helpful for Civil War vets), 1875, 1892 (a good substitute for the lost 1890 federal census), 1905,1915, and 1925. The NY censuses have not been indexed. The Belo library has them all as well as extensive local cemetery and church records. Regards, Tom O'Hare, in glorious flat-as-a- pancake Clarence, New York. From: <PeteScherm@aol.com> To: <IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [Wicklow] Patrick Brennan > Nancy at 1tootsie@charter.net writes: > > << By 1846/47, Michael Brennan/Brennen is in the USA, Lancaster, Erie County, > NY >> > > Nancy, > > I'm not sure I can be of much help, but I am from Lancaster and will be going > there to visit my parents on Wed. for a couple of days. Dad is one of the > founders of the town historical society and, additionally, the current Town > Historian was best-man at my wedding - many decades ago. I'm not sure if there > would be anything in the town records, or at St. Mary's, which might be of > further assistance, but I'm willing to start the ball rolling during this trip. I'm > taking a copy of your letter with me, and if there might be specific records, > etc., which would be of help - let me know before 7 AM on Wednesday <gr>. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > > > ==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== > *Folk lore* is a wonderful additive to family research, but one must not base their whole search around it. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >