On 09/23/2012 07:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Up till now I've had no experience with US records at all, being under the > impression that none of my ancestors ever went there. But, I've just found a > letter from my elusive Thomas William Portland SMITH in which he states that > "the happiest three years of my life were spend in the United States..." . I've > got no idea which part of the US he means, but the era would have been during > 1841-1860 approximately. > > Can anyone on the list give me any ideas about where to start searching? It's > likely that he went there with his parents, Robert & Barbara SMITH, who were > Irish. The last address I have for them is Stepney, London in 1841. I realise > that Smith somewhere in the US is a big ask!! > > Jeanette > > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in CAPITAL letters** > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > You might start with the Federal Census of 1850: http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054 if they were in a residence or hotel, they would have been recorded there was (I believe also a census in 1860). If there it would give you a location. The probability, since they were visiting, would be East Coast; New York, Boston Philadelphia and points between. You may also find this site useful: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html -- */Mick/*