Hi everyone, I have been "lurking" for months while we have been trying to track down my husband's O'Neil relatives. For a long time, all we could find out was that his great-great-grandmother, Mary O'Neil, had married a James Sullivan sometime prior to 1865, and that both lived in NYC. We were told by relatives that she might have been born in Ireland. (TRY and locate one, specific James Sullivan with a wife named Mary in NYC in the mid-1800s! ((groan!)) ) Yesterday we had a minor breakthrough. We were able to pinpoint "our" Mary O'Neil Sullivan's death date from an old clipping we found in Burlington, Iowa, which was actually about the recent death of her son. (You know how those things go, in genealogy...) We sent for her death record from NYC. Her death certificate had the names of her parents on it, and included the fact that she had actually been BORN in NYC. Please, please, if any of the following rings any bells with any of you, let me know! Jerry O'NEIL, an immigrant from IRELAND, born early 1800s married Mary SHEA, also from Ireland. (We don't know yet when they came to NYC, or if they came when they were very young and then married in NYC, or if they married in Ireland.) Their daughter Mary O'NEIL, born abt. 1845. By 1865 she was married to James SULLIVAN. Their children were Jerry (born April, 1865), George, Charlie, James ("Jim"), and John ("Jack"). Jerry eventually moved to Iowa and married Cora Dearlove. Mary O'Neil Sullivan lived at 652 Amsterdam, Manhattan. She was admitted to the Little Sisters of the Poor, 135 W. 106th St., Manhattan, when she was about 86 years of age. She died there in December, 1936. (BTW, is anyone here familiar with NYC? I am trying to track down the nearest old Catholic church to 652 Amsterdam, in hopes that they have some records, but I live in Oregon and haven't got the slightest idea how to find an old church in NYC, IF there are any old Catholic churches near 652 Amsterdam, anyway, and IF what was 652 Amsterdam in the early 1900s still even exists. I also can't find that particular Little Sisters of the Poor on the Web.) I hope that this makes sense, and that someone recognizes something. If any of you have any idea of what I could do next to track down "our" Jerry O'Neil or Mary O'Neil, I would be very grateful! Thank you! Holly Sullivan