Pat, I had the same problem with the castlegarden.org site. Went in to retrieve my gr-grandfathers certificarte and it was gone. Did a search and there were only about 6 Michael O'Briens that came into the US. Judy Christopher On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:39 AM, colleen <wheelercm@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Pat: > > RE: " Today's Topics:" > > "1. Irish emigration in 1880 (Pat Connors)" > > > Was happy to see your posting regarding Castle Garden, as I was recently > very suprized when going to the site, after having visited it and used it > so > often. Am I correct in that all the search options have all been changed, > or am I doing something wrong? I do not remember having seen or read > anything about the organization making any changes. Oh well, it must be > me! > > thanks, > > colleen > > > ====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 > -- Judy Christopher

Judy, Did you use variations of the names Michael, and O'Brian? I've found that many of my ancestors' papers had the names spelled differently, sometime in the same document. Ann

Judy,   Also, try a space between the O and B.  I was looking for a McGuinness and only a few came up, so I put a space between the Mc and the G and quite a few more came up.  Good luck.   Grace --- On Thu, 3/25/10, Ann W <annw659@cableone.net> wrote: From: Ann W <annw659@cableone.net> Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Castle Garden Site To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 11:36 AM Judy, Did you use variations of the names Michael, and O'Brian? I've found that many of my ancestors' papers had the names spelled differently, sometime in the same document. Ann ====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