This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oI4.2ACIB/785 Message Board Post: TRYING TO FIND INFORMATION ON MY GRANDFATHER MICHAEL CHARLES O'DONNELL BORN IN COUNTY CLARE (ENNIS) APPROXIMATELY IN 1862-1865. HE ARRIVED IN NEW YORK AROUND THE AGE OF 29. NOT SURE WHAT SHIP HE WAS ON. HIS PARENTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN THOMAS & ANNE REIDY BUT HAVE NO OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS TO SUBSTANTIATE THIS. ANY INFORMATION ON HIS PARENTS WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED. WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A TRIP TO IRELAND AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE INFO. TO GO ON. MY GRANDMOTHER'S NAME WAS MARY THOMPSON AND SHE LEFT IRELAND AND ARRIVED IN NEW YORK AT THE AGE OF 16 OR 17. SHE MARRIED MICHAEL CHARLES O'DONNELL HERE IN THE STATES BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHERE, PROBABLY SOMEWHERE HERE IN NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT OR MASSACHUSETTS. ANY INFORMATION ON THEIR PARENTS IN IRELAND WOULD CERTAINLY BE APPRECIATED. MARY THOMPSON'S PARENTS NAMES WERE WILLIAM THOMPSON AND ANNA REARDON. ANY HELP OR SUGGESTIONS TO CONTINUE MY FAMILY TREE WILL BE CERTAINLY HELPFUL. MANY THANKS