The only possibility would be a church baptismal record - was he a Roman Catholic? St. Peter's in Haverstraw was in existence at that time. Regina Haring http://www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:24 PM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com < gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: mvan26 > Surnames: Cyr Miclon Miquelon > Classification: lookup > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/3648/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I am trying to discover where my grandfather Donald J MICLON (may be > spelled as MIQUELON) was born. Family lore indicates that his parents > transported him from Quebec Canada to Haverstraw NY as a 3 or 4 day-old > baby to register his birth there so that he would be a US citizen. I spoke > with a person in the town offices in Haverstraw and she told that the paper > records start from 1881, 6 years after his birth. His parents were Joseph > CYR (MICLON) and Marie BERTHELLE. Donald was born in July 1875 or 1876, > married in NH in December 1899 and died in MA in 1938. Are there any > earlier birth records in Rockland county? > > 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 > NYROCKLA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >