Janet - if you know what Ward they lived in, from the 1870 census, I can probably make a good guess as to what parish they were in. Were they German? Jim Janet wrote: > I live in New Jersey and got to spend 2 1/2 hours in Cleveland at the Archives last month while my husband, daughter and dog killed time waiting for me. I'm sure you all realize that's nowhere near enough time to spend at the Archives doing family research. I have been purchasing my own copies of the census, but I find that I need information from City Directories to narrow down their exact addresses. I want to know which parish my family might have belonged to so I can write to the Diocese for baptismal and marriage information. The period of time I'm interested in is 1854-1870. > > My family's name is GOLDRICK. In the 1870s there were about 4 GOLDRICK families in Cleveland. They were all from Ireland. I strongly suspect that they were related, but I haven't been able to establish that yet, so I was hoping that if some of them were sponsors or witnesses at baptisms or marriages in my family, it would indicate that they were related somehow. My own gr gr grandfather was Miles GOLDRICK and I'm trying to find out where he came from in Ireland ... I thought if one of these other fellows was a brother or cousin, I might have better luck tracing one of them. > > Anyway, is it too much to ask the Archives to look up 10 years of information in the city directories? Should I ask for the information in smaller increments? > > Thanks in advance for all your useful advice ... > > Janet in Hunterdon Co., NJ

Jim, they were Irish and lived in the 7th Ward in the 1870 census. I'd sure appreciate a good guess! -- Janet

Jim - Could you make another guess? My Irish relatives lived in WARD 2 around 1860. I'd love to know what parish they belonged to so I can try to dig up some records. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Patti Washington DC SURNAME: O'BRIEN ----- Original Message ----- From: James O'Donnell <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 9:58 PM Subject: Re: County Archives query... > Janet - if you know what Ward they lived in, from the 1870 census, I can probably make a good guess as to what parish they were in. Were they German? > > Jim > > Janet wrote: > > > I live in New Jersey and got to spend 2 1/2 hours in Cleveland at the Archives last month while my husband, daughter and dog killed time waiting for me. I'm sure you all realize that's nowhere near enough time to spend at the Archives doing family research. I have been purchasing my own copies of the census, but I find that I need information from City Directories to narrow down their exact addresses. I want to know which parish my family might have belonged to so I can write to the Diocese for baptismal and marriage information. The period of time I'm interested in is 1854-1870. > > > > My family's name is GOLDRICK. In the 1870s there were about 4 GOLDRICK families in Cleveland. They were all from Ireland. I strongly suspect that they were related, but I haven't been able to establish that yet, so I was hoping that if some of them were sponsors or witnesses at baptisms or marriages in my family, it would indicate that they were related somehow. My own gr gr grandfather was Miles GOLDRICK and I'm trying to find out where he came from in Ireland ... I thought if one of these other fellows was a brother or cousin, I might have better luck tracing one of them. > > > > Anyway, is it too much to ask the Archives to look up 10 years of information in the city directories? Should I ask for the information in smaller increments? > > > > Thanks in advance for all your useful advice ... > > > > Janet in Hunterdon Co., NJ >