You are getting way ahead of yourself trying to locate baptism records as circumstances make them difficult to locate in New York City/Brooklyn. You should first try to find out the name of his parents (mother), by obtaining his marriage and, or his death certificate. The draft registration for WWI is a good idea, but I believe that only covers males born after 1872(?). I also have found many missing relatives by a systematic check of the directories, matching known addresses of my ancestors with persons of the same surname listed with the same address as my ancestor. Addresses are an extremely important identifier when researching ancestors who lived in large cities, where there were other unrelated persons that carried the same name as your ancestors. Jim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [NYKINGS] Where should I start to look for church baptism records for the year 1859 in Brooklyn From: "Joanne Novarro" <[1][email protected]> Date: Sun, January 15, 2012 9:36 am To: <[2][email protected]>, <[3][email protected]> A lot of the Irish who started in Manhattan moved out to Brooklyn later on. I'd try the Manhattan 1870 and 1880 census records first. Try looking for his WWI draft registration also. Joanne -----Original Message----- From: [4][email protected] [[5]mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [6][email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 9:11 PM To: [7][email protected] Subject: [NYKINGS] Where should I start to look for church baptism records for the year 1859 in Brooklyn This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sbaxter0927 Surnames: Tobin Classification: queries Message Board URL: [8]http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties .ki ngs/16359/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Patrick T Tobin born December 1859 in New York (guessing Brooklyn) Father's name was James Tobin from Ireland. Mother unknown. Patrick died July 20, 1932 in Brooklyn, NY. The obituary stated that he was the brother of James Tobin and the lae Mary Tobin. I have no information on his siblings. Any help/leads would be greatly appreciated. -Stephen- Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [9][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [10][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. mailto:[email protected] 7. mailto:[email protected] 8. http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.ki 9. mailto:[email protected] 10. mailto:[email protected]