Patti - Ward 2 was Downtown Cleveland - and they would have been in St. John Cathedral Parish , but being Irish I would guess they went to St. Malachy's - not a far walk! Jim P MARTIN wrote: > 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 > >