You've seen the deplorable squalor of the 6th Ward depicted in Scorsese's famous flick "Gangs of New York." Again, Tracy Cassidy, then Manager of the NYC-Irish list, transcribed these 1860 U.S. Census records for the convenience of those researching Irish surnames. Check it out> 1860 US Census "The Bloody" 6th Ward transcribed>>> http://www.inyc.freeservers.com/about.html Remember, spelling may be askew... survivors of The Great Hunger, usually illiterate. O'Barb