Hi folks...from an extremely wet North Carolina. Is there any type of business directory, or registry of Rome and Utica between 1855 - 1860, something hopefully just short of a CENSUS record ? Trying to locate any: OHNMACHT / OHMACHT There is an Elisabeth, Daniel, and Christian (Christover)sic Ohnmacht listed in the 1860 census in Oneida County. My gg-grandfather Leo Ohnmacht got off the boat in 1854 in NY. Where he was between 1854 - 1859 is a mystery, but he eventually settled in NE PA (Jermyn,Archbald,Carbondale area) in 1860. In 1869 and 1877 respectively, 2 of his sons were born in NY State (according to PA census records). My question is...why would they travel to NY for the birth of those children unless they had relatives there ? It seems a long way to travel in those days. If anyone knows how to tackle this problem, please let me know what you would do. I'm stumped. Thanks..... Ron & Tammy Ohnmacht yankee@iocnet.net Visit Our Family Genealogy Page at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4507/index.html