I have the Trow from 1865, with Higgins's in it. If you want the info, I will check back and see if this posts. Have been having trouble posting to the list. Kitty On 7/18/09 10:51 AM, "Pat Jones" <kin-hunter25@cox.net> wrote: > I need some help/suggestions from you experienced genealogists involving a > really big brickwall. > > My grandfather once told me that when his family came over from Ireland (Co > Roscommon) to New York in the mid-1860s and then on almost immediately to > Illinois, they left behind in New York other members of his father's family; > however, he never said their names of if he did, I have no memory of them. I > do not know anything about his father's family and am trying to trace them in > both New York and Ireland. This request pertains only to New York. > > His father, Patrick Higgins, came over ahead of his wife and children in 1863 > and informtion in the Emigrants' Saving Bank Enrties indict that he was > working as a long shoreman and living at 57 Washington St, no city given. I > am told that there is/was a 57 Washington Street in both New York City and > Brooklyn at that time, so I'm not sure of which city Washington Street would > have been in. The only other clue is that the family no doubt was Catholic. > > Then I found this little notice in the newspaper from Decatur, Illinois. > Newspaper article, Decatur (Illinois) Daily Review, 14 Aug 1927 indicates that > a Miss Nellie Higgins of Brooklyn, NY was the guest of Mr and Mrs Edward > Higgins, 1052 East Eldorado St. > Edward Higgins was my grandfather and I'm thinking that Nellie Higgins may be > a descendant of the family left behind in New York. Finding information about > her and her family is the only hint I have. > > How would you go about following up on this lead with the little information I > have? I have no living relatives that can shed any light. I've tried Federal > census without much success and have been told that city directories aren't > available. Who knows if she had a phone and if so, how it was listed. I'm > stuck. > > kin-hunter25@cox.net Oklahoma > > > > > > > > > ====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