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    1. [NY-IRISH] Relooking at the censuses
    2. Pat Connors
    3. Most probably have already realized this but since FamilySearch has put the censuses online for NYS censuses of 1865 and 1905, I have started to going over them. While years ago, I first looked at the censuses in the Troy Library and at my local Family History Center, I had just looked and took notes for my four main Troy surnames (Campbell, Flynn, McEntee and Connors/O'Connor). However, as the years went by, and I found more and more information, I have added more names to my tree as I went backward from the original four (Flanagan, Gilhooley, Fox, Todd, etc). While I found these names in Ireland, I forgot about rechecking the Troy censuses for them. While working on the transcription project of the 1865 NYS census for Troy, I came across Flanagans living right next door to my O'Connor family and since I had found that my gggrandmother was a Flanagan before marriage, this now became an important find. Yesterday I started looking at the 1915 NYS census for Troy and started with the 6th & 12th wards since my Connors/Campbell family lived in both of them. Right away I found my ggrandfather and my grandfather's brother in the 6th living on Burden. I had missed it before (handwriting and wrong spelling of last name) and had assumed he died and spent many years looking for his death certificate. Long story. Anyhow, I just thought I would share my experience and stress that going back over these censuses after not seeing them for ten or more years, you too might find things you didn't find the first time. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

    11/30/2009 03:11:21