Check city directory for 1860 available at NYPL. They may have been famine immigrants. ------Original Message------ From: Michael Cassara Sender: ny-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com To: NY-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com ReplyTo: ny-irish@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-IRISH] 1860 Census - Michael Dunn - NYC location question Sent: Feb 28, 2010 12:54 AM Hello, all, New list member - glad to be here! I've recently discovered that my great-great-great-grandfather, Michael Dunn, was living in NYC in 1860. He and his wife Ellen (nee Keegan) had married in 1854 in Paterson, NJ, but by 1860 they're listed in NYC in the census. According to the census, they lived in the 2nd District, 1st Ward of New York City. They are on page 62 of that area's census returns, and lived in Dwelling/House #120. My question is... Is there anyway to figure out, more specifically, where they resided? Are there any district maps that would at least show what portion of Manhattan this would have been? Or, perhaps some of you have more specific knowledge you might be able to share. I'm an NYC resident myself - so learning that my family was living here 150 years ago has really been exciting. They would have been Catholic - so I'm hoping to find a more specific location in hopes of finding the parish they attended and seeing if there are any records. I appreciate any and all input. I'm going to spend some time looking through the list archives, as well, but if anyone has any further thoughts on other records that might be of use/interest, I'd love to hear them. Many thanks! Michael Cassara cassara.genealogy@gmail.com ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry