Hi Listers, I am subscribing temporarily to suggest to everyone that they pay a visit to the New Orleans, Louisiana rootswb site at: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm">Orleans Parish Archives</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm</A> I am one of the coordinators of the site and have been transcribing the admission records to the public hospital there (called Charity Hospital even today) for the 1850s.  New Orleans was one of the major ports for immigration in the 1850s, so that amny people from Ireland settled in New Orleans or else passed through the city on the way to points further north such as St. Louis, Cincinnati, and parts of Iowa and Tennessee.  Not only I am transcribing the admission for certain surnames, I have recently begun to do the records from 1851.  I am finished with January and February so far - a total of 3400 names or so. In doing this, I came across an individual from Co. Derry (Londonderry), and decided to temporariliy join your list and post his name, in hopes that someone can connect with him.  The columns are:  Date of Admission, Date of Death, Date of Discharge, Hospital Ward, Name, Occupation, Place of Birth, Age (in Jan or Feb 1851) 23-Jan -- 31-Jan 23 Bernard Havlin Laborer Londonderry Co, Ireland 6-Jan -- 6-Feb 9 John Dougherty Laborer Londonderry Co., Ireland 29-Jan -- 19-Feb 34 Suzanne Dimond Londonderry Co., Ireland 12-Feb -- 18-Feb 27 John Dogherty Laborer Londonderry Co., Ireland 12-Feb -- 19-Feb Cells Thomas Wilson Laborer Londonderry Co., Ireland 16-Feb 20-Feb -- 11 James Mackbeth Bookkeeper Londonderry Co., Ireland 20-Feb -- 17-Apr 24 William Cain or Kaine Laborer Londonderry Co., Ireland 27-Jan -- 1-Feb 24 James Dillon St Btman Derry Co., Ireland 21 29-Jan -- 4-Feb 15 Thos Higgins Laborer Derry Co., Ireland 35 4-Feb -- 10-Feb 29 Peter M. Duffy St Btman Derry Co., Ireland 27 27-Feb -- 3-Mar 11 John Dougherty Cook Derry Co., Ireland 18 27-Feb 18-Apr -- 24 Samuel Reynolds Laborer Derry Co., Ireland 35 1-Jan -- 22-Jan 30 James McCluskey Laborer Darry Co, Ireland 25 3-Jan -- 14-Jan 32 William Cork Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 28 4-Jan -- 5-Jan 32 Hugh Gilmore Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 47 16-Jan -- 17-Jan 8 Alexander Young Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 36 16-Jan -- 6-Feb 18 William Cook Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 28 18-Jan -- 16-Mar 8 Bernard McCluskey Drayman Darry Co., Ireland 41 23-Jan 29-Jan -- 34 Margaret Bickett born Millen Darry Co., Ireland 36 27-Jan -- 30-Jan 34 Catherine Carr Darry Co., Ireland 32 27-Jan -- 30-Jan 11 John Carr Darry Co., Ireland 9 yrs 30-Jan -- 31-Jan 23 John McNeil Darry Co., Ireland 50 30-Jan -- 8-Feb 15 William A. Miller Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 23 31-Jan -- 11-Feb 24 James Loughry Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 18 4-Feb -- 7-Feb 29 John McCristal Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 40 6-Feb -- 17-Feb 24 John McNeil Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 53 9-Feb -- 17-Feb 24 William A. Miller Clerk Darry Co., Ireland 23 12-Feb -- 21-Feb 23 Thomas Cook Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 38 17-Feb -- 22-Feb 10 John Dougherty Cook Darry Co., Ireland 18 18-Feb -- 20-Feb 8 Hugh Gilmore Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 47 22-Feb -- 23-Feb Gate John Branlow Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 40 26-Feb -- 10-Mar 4 James McCloskey Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 25 26-Feb -- 4-Mar 10 Thomas Cook Laborer Darry Co., Ireland 38 The info here represents only part of each record.  The full entry gives the following information: Date of Admission Date of Death     When Discharged Ward Name of Person        Occupation        Place of Birth Age Last Place From How Long in New Orleans Marital Status Long Sick Disease Hr of Admission        Remarks If you recognize anyone on this list, please check our web site.  Here are the links to the January and February 1851 hospital records.  <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chajan51.txt">ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chajan51.txt</A> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chafeb51.txt">ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chafeb51.txt</A> Even if you do not connect to any of these names, you might want to visit our site anyway, as we have posted hundreds of thousands of vital records, immigration records, complete city directories listed by name and then separately by address (1811, 1822, 1832, 1842, and 1851), American Civil War draft records, lists of victims of various yellow fever epidemics, cemetery records, and tens of thousands of obits. I am joining various rootsweb lists for the various birthplaces I find in the admission records and suggesting people researching that location visit our site.  On occasion, I have been contacted by someone who has been able to find their long lost relatives thanks to my postings like this. I am not going to stay on the list, however if you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected]  I cannot answer all inquiries, but I will do my best. Good luck with your research. Colleen Fitzpatrick CoCoordinator Orleans Parish (New Orleans, Louisiana) Rootsweb Site