Lucy, Thanks for the advice. Where do you send for a birth certificate? Dianne On Sunday, April 17, 2005, at 08:05 AM, Lucita13@aol.com wrote: > Dianne: > The 1880 census states he was born in 1853/1852 as he is age 27 - not > 1858. > It also states that his parents were born in Ireland. These are > important > facts to help with a search. Please remember to add as much > information in your > next posts to help the volunteers. > > There was a William J. Kelly in Salem MAss. in both 1860 and 1870 that > may > be yours. No surnames of Kile..... > You may have to write for a copy of Harry's birth cert for > verification.....and continue backward. > > Lucy > > > ============================== > 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 >