Thank you Loma. I do appreciate the help. Gena >A birth record for Charles A. Lally son of Anthony and Mary E. Phelan born > Dec 29, 1879 in Gloucester, Ma , Anthony a mariner, Mary born in Nova > Scotia > Anthony born in Charleston, SC. Vol: 304 ; Page: 194 Massachusetts Vital > Records, 1841-1910 from Newenglandancestors.org data base. If I find > anything else I'll let you know. > Lorna > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Regena Lally" <jrl91@cox.net> > To: <mabristo@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 12:40 AM > Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] Gena Gates Lally > > >> Thank you Marge. It is certainly worth a try. I would be so excited to >> finally find evidence of this family prior to 1876! >> >> >> Gena >> >> >>> Hi Gena , >>> >>> You might try Tiverton R.I. Town Hall for your husbands Great >>> Grandfather. >>> I have ancestors who were born in Tiverton R.I., in the early 1800's and >>> by the 1880's they were listed in the Census records as being born in >>> Massachusetts. It sure gets confusing. >>> Part of Tiverton officially became Fall River in 1862 but before that >>> it >>> was also called Fall River R.I. from 1856-1862. >>> >>> >>> Tiverton is part of the Providence R.I. Diocese . I don't think there >>> were any Catholics around that early in the 1800's >>> I hope you find what you are looking for in Tiverton. >>> Good Luck >>> Marge >>> >>> >>> >>>>>Anthony Lally was born about 1844, give or take a few years either way. >>>> 1880 Gloucester MA Census records state he was born in MA. I think the >>>> family was told after Anthony's death (1889) that he was born in >>>> SC,when >>>> in >>>> fact he stated in his pension application that he lived in Charleston >>>> for >>>> a >>>> short while prior to the war, but was born in Fall River MA. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MABRISTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MABRISTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MABRISTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >