Many thanks to Tom, Steven, Patty and Lily for their help with my request for opinions on whether or not I have found the correct birth records for twins born to Isidor and Jeannette Alexander. I really appreciate your taking the time to help me. Ellen Alexander In a message dated 5/31/2010 1:00:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tommys2@optimum.net writes: Ellen,If you know the bd as 8/04/87 it is most likely a slamdunk! Even 1887 alone loooks good! It would be a greater stretch to assume not them with parents surnames correct.( I have Ploch in my tree later found as Block, Bloch). I believe Ploch was "old country". I also once followed an Isidore who changed his name so as not to be id'd as hebrew.Also the LDS extracts of NYC records are often not reliableA thought: If you send to LDS using the batch # for a copy of the record, or the film to view, perhaps you might correlate the hospital location (if any) with your 1880, 1900 census neighborhood locations.Tom(further north of NYC than Barb)

Folks, I found in the 1870 US Census for Manhattan the names of my 2nd great grandfather (Andrew Wood 1805), his wife (Julia Ann 1820), and children (James Andrew 1837, Deborah 1841, John W. 1843, Charolotte 1844, Robert J. 1847, and Gertrude 1853) James was also listed separately with his wife and two of three children still living as a second entry. I had previously found this family in the 1850 US Census for Tarrytownship (Mount Pleasant) Westchester county, NY so I know this is the same family even with the similar names of the parents. I cannot find any of these people after 1870 with the exception of James Andrew who is my First Great grandfather. I really need any suggestions on what and where to look for to find more on this family.