Carol You are welcome. Both parishes you mention would be covered in the IFHF records on line. That is the good part. I caution you though. You have 2 very common names and remember that 50% of the Cork database is not showing in any results that you may find. Maybe that will change but to date west Cork is no where to be found except in the parish and Dublin. It appears you have some challenging circumstances but do your best to locate footprints in the US to further your searches in the Irish databases. Best of luck. Merry Christmas! John John Steitz Luck Brothers, Inc. 73 Trade Road Plattsburgh, NY 12901 518-561-4321 T 518-561-8462 F 518-569-0140 C johnst@luckbros.com -----Original Message----- From: ny-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nick & Carol Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 4:23 PM To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Searching back from NY to Ireland Hi, Many thanks to Claire and John for their responses. You've helped me see that there is more I do not know about researching in Ireland. What are the GRO records that Claire wrote of? And how do I find the registration districts of Co. Cork? My ancestors were born in the early 1800s, definitely prior to 1864. I do not have baptism records for them in this country as my GG GF was in the military and the children (my G GM was born on a military base in San Francisco, CA in 1872. Her siblings were born in Alaska during the purchase of that territory and prior to it becoming a US state. I have not located them in the 1870 US Census because they were in Alaska. By 1880, they were living in Washington, DC, and probably long- since baptized. I have strong reason to believe that my GG GF John O'CONNELL, who was in NYC 1855 to enlist in the military and again in 1865 to marry by GG GM Ellen SULLIVAN, was from Killavullen, Co. Cork. Using the IFHF site today, I found a baptismal record that matches what I know and what I suspect about him. And it's only ONE record! After going through parish after parish, I discovered a baptismal record that is a match to my Ellen SULLIVAN in a village called Kanturk, Co. Cork. That is very exciting! I have a lead, not a confirmed lead, but a lead (!), and I haven't had one like this in so long. It gives me a place to start searching. Yooo hooo! What a Christmas present! Thank you again, Carol Hokana Boston (now researching HALLORAN, SULLIVAN, O'CONNELL, and HIGGINS in Co. Cork) ====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