Sorry but you didn't leaveyour name "Halsey," but I thank you very much. It has to be the shoemaker. I 'm just wondring how he and two brothers ran 3 branches of a shoe store in NYC, emigrated directly to NYC, yet they had a shop way up there. Andrew Clark was like the leader of his siblings, and instrumental in bringing Irish into NYC...now I wonder if he used Hamlin [IRS records said taxes were paid there] as a way to get more famine Irish into the US from Canada. Thank you to everyone who responded to my post. I went from knowing nothing to having many leads. You Monroe County folks are very helpful, and I appreciate it. Sincerely, Barb suburban NYC ================= [email protected] writes: > On 12/29/2010 3:34 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > I'm a newbie to this list and know very little about your county. Please > > guide me to some records up there for an Irish Catholic. >