Have you checked the different censuses?  They have nativity on them. IE; Mother: Ireland Father: Scotland etc.  Off the top of my head 1900 census comes to mind with lots of info for us seekers. Jeanine --- On Wed, 12/9/09, Pat <liz3638@comcast.net> wrote: From: Pat <liz3638@comcast.net> Subject: [NY-IRISH] Cummin To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 4:09 PM I have a list of " Cummin" names found in the family bible, there are 11 CUMMIN listed,  Births and deaths, the earliest is 1802 and the latest date is 1846, My question is are they Irish or Scotch? I do have a Thomas Cummings who is my g grandfather, do not know when or where  born  other than ireland, married Elenor lynch born ireland 1833, They both died in NYC, can not find his death certif,  But my question is would  the list of Cummin's  be irish or scotch, Where could i start to do some research? Patricia IN ====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