I'm new to this list and hoping to learn a bit more about my greatgreatgrandfather's brother Patrick Farley, who emigrated from Ireland in the late 1840s. By 1850 Patrick was a chopper living in the town of Evans with his wife and 4 children. According to family lore, Patrick and his family lived in Black Rock, which I gather was near Evans. Their oldest son, William, apparently died before the 1850 census and Ann died not long after. By 1860 the family was in Iowa. I'd like to find some record of the deaths of William and Ann, and would appreciate any advice how to do that--county records? church records? A naturalization record would be wonderful, but I don't know the year. Thanks for any suggestions. Diane in Illinois

Diane, Black Rock is part of Buffalo but was at one time a seperate town. It's located abt 30 miles from Town of Evans. Evans won't have any records going back that far as birth, death, marriage records were not required until about 1882 and then not everyone got with the program. Try www.findagrave.com www.fultonhistory.com www.buffalonydeaths.com the Buffalo City directories of that time period would not have covered Evans The name Farley is still around Evans and Village of Angola. Mayor of Angola might be a Hub Farley. Check their websites. When Evans celebrated their 100 and 150 year marks; they put out booklets with history of Town and Angola did same when they reach 100 year mark. There are also two recent books put out by local authors that may mention Farley name. I think Cheryl Delano the town historian just published one. I have the books and live in Evans but I won't be back until April; so I can't look up anything for you. Kevin ---- DLCulhane@cs.com wrote: > I'm new to this list and hoping to learn a bit more about my > greatgreatgrandfather's brother Patrick Farley, who emigrated from Ireland in the late > 1840s. By 1850 Patrick was a chopper living in the town of Evans with his wife > and 4 children. According to family lore, Patrick and his family lived in > Black Rock, which I gather was near Evans. Their oldest son, William, > apparently died before the 1850 census and Ann died not long after. By 1860 the > family was in Iowa. I'd like to find some record of the deaths of William and > Ann, and would appreciate any advice how to do that--county records? church > records? A naturalization record would be wonderful, but I don't know the > year. Thanks for any suggestions. > > Diane in Illinois > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message