Try searching the Library at Waterford in county Waterford. I was able to glean much from there. There is a large Phelan presence in an around Annstown/Annestown County Waterford. I hope you find family as I did using the Library. Judy Christopher On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Janet A Peterson <jpdion932@yahoo.com>wrote: > I am researching my great grandparents James Joseph Phelan born about 1885 > in Waterford County Ireland and Ellen Phelan nee Morrissey born about 1883 > also in Waterford County Ireland. I would appreciate any information on > them and/or their extended family. > > My records/research show he arrived in New York around 1901 and she arrived > about 1898. They married in New York and then moved to Massachusetts where > they had my grandmother in October 1903. This makes for a nice slim window > of marriage between 1901 and 1902. My grandmother was brought to an > orphanage about 1912 by James Phelan and he returned to New York to get work > and she said he died there about 1915. > > I have not been able to find a marriage for James and Ellen or a death > record for James. It seems to me New York is divided up into a lot a small > pieces and not a central place to do a search. Also, my grandmother appears > to have been their only child so there are not others researching I have > come accross. I have found a couple of arrivals for a James Phelan but have > not been able to tell if they are him - the one that seems closest is from > Tipperary which is not out of the question I suppose. > > Any information would be gratefully received. > > Janet > > > > > ====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

Hi Judy; I just checked the Waterford County Library. It looks to me like the searching available references a microfilm and then you must go there to search it. I live in the US so that is not possible. Is there some online searchable database that I missed? Thanks, Janet ________________________________ From: judy christopher <ajuntasc@gmail.com> To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 3:18:16 PM Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] James Joseph Phelan and Ellen Phelan nee Morrissey Try searching the Library at Waterford in county Waterford. I was able to glean much from there. There is a large Phelan presence in an around Annstown/Annestown County Waterford. I hope you find family as I did using the Library. Judy Christopher On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Janet A Peterson <jpdion932@yahoo.com>wrote: > I am researching my great grandparents James Joseph Phelan born about 1885 > in Waterford County Ireland and Ellen Phelan nee Morrissey born about 1883 > also in Waterford County Ireland. I would appreciate any information on > them and/or their extended family. > > My records/research show he arrived in New York around 1901 and she arrived > about 1898. They married in New York and then moved to Massachusetts where > they had my grandmother in October 1903. This makes for a nice slim window > of marriage between 1901 and 1902. My grandmother was brought to an > orphanage about 1912 by James Phelan and he returned to New York to get work > and she said he died there about 1915. > > I have not been able to find a marriage for James and Ellen or a death > record for James. It seems to me New York is divided up into a lot a small > pieces and not a central place to do a search. Also, my grandmother appears > to have been their only child so there are not others researching I have > come accross. I have found a couple of arrivals for a James Phelan but have > not been able to tell if they are him - the one that seems closest is from > Tipperary which is not out of the question I suppose. > > Any information would be gratefully received. > > Janet > > > > > ====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 ====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