Since he named his first son, Daniel, it might mean his father was Daniel (using Irish naming patterns at the time). From that, you might want to search the Griffith's Valuation and the Tithes Applotments for a Daniel. Here is the GV Index: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.htm The tithes are on two places: http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp The above is the Archives of Ireland website. They have a search engine but their transcriptions have been faulty, so beware. You can look at the pages there to check. The Family Search website has all the tithes but only images that you can look at one by one. If you have the strong feeling that Donegal is your county, you might just want to go through each civil parish page by page: https://familysearch.org/ Patrick GILLESPIE (1828 -1893) > County uncertain. Family lore says Donegal > Arrived Brooklyn around mid 1850s > He was a policeman in Brooklyn until 1891 > > Married Margaret McDermott - b. Dublin (1836-1881) > Children: > Mary Gillespie 1858 - 1932 > Isabella Gillespie 1860 - 1914 > Daniel B. Gillespie 1861 - 1907 > Margaret Gillespie 1863 - ? > John Gillespie 1865 - 1916 > Martin Gillespie 1867 - 1912 > Richard Gillespie 1872 - 1892 > Joseph Gillespie 1875 - 1929 > > Marriage in NY (probably Brooklyn) and children born in Brooklyn > > I want to know Patrick's County of birth. > > Judi > > ====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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com