Sometimes the headstone will list their place of birth. I've found out the locations from all sorts of ways. I found a 3rd marriage for one of my ancestors that listed his county of birth in Ireland. For another I found the headstone listed the county. For another I found them stopping off in Liverpool and it listed the county in that census. You have to try everything. Ancestry really blew open a few doors for me I would still be struggling with my lines were it not for them. Liz On 10/11/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have the same problem. All I have is Owen and Mary Martin married in NYC > at St. Michaels and the date. No information on who the parents are or where > in Ireland they are from. I contacted the church, but they said they do not > have records that old, they married around 1862 but the only info on the > certificate is the date of marriage . By the time of the 1870 census they are > living in Trenton NJ. Death records do not give parents info or where in > Ireland they were born. Census records give no info on citizenship, its > blank. Owen died in 1896 and the Obit is only a few lines. Mary's obit does not > list anything about where she came from. I have no idea where to look. The > church they belonged to in NJ, is in a bad neighborhood, and back then was > more like a mission i've been told. They don't have records that far back > either. > > In a message dated 10/11/2006 4:54:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I want to find out what part of Ireland my family came from. > > All I can find is that: > Michael Donovan was born in Ireland 1846, he married Mary Bridget Dacey > 2-11-1872 at St Mary's in Jersey City. The census indicates Mary came over > around > 1863 and she had brothers James and Dennis(they were mentioned in her > will), > she was born 1846. Michael died in 1896 > > I am looking at when Michael Donovan became naturalized by researching an > index from the LDS library. They seemed to always live in Hudson county, > so I > looked for naturalization papers for Michael Donovan filed in Hudson > County. > Today I ordered 4 more films to come to look at the Michael Donovans that I > found. It takes abut 4 weeks for the film to come to Indianapolis. IS > THERE A > BETTER WAY TO DO THIS?? > > With Mary. I have found her name spelled Dacey, Daecy, Deasy, Daesy. I have > her will and she left money to Dennis and James Dacey in Bayonne and her > grandchildren HenryLeo & Helen Wrege in Jersey City. > HOW CAN I FIND HOW SHE CAME OVER AND FROM WHERE? > > Linda Bradshaw, Indianapolis > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >