This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACI/3620.2.1 Message Board Post: Kathy Thanks for the response. I will try and follow up on these directory entries to see if there is a connection. 1864 may be a bit early for my search. According to family tradition Patrick's father, Timothy came to the U.S in 1849, resided near Pittsburg for a time and returned to Ireland in the early 1850s. I think I have him listed in Headford Ireland (land records) from 1854 to about 1865. In 1870, my great grandfather, one of Timothy's sons came to Minnesota. We know that he had a brother Patrick and a sister Elizabeth (LaBaugh) that eventually settled in Baltimore. I am trying to trace Patrick and Elizabeth and try to find out whether or not father Timothy retured to the U.S. with them. My only connection to this family is a daughter Mrs Kate Grogan who corresponded with the family in Minnesota in the 1920s. Kate is listed with a brother Vincent in Baltimore in 1920 census. let me know if you have any other suggestions Thanks again Kevin Geraghty