In the 1881 British census there were people who had been born in Ireland living all over England. The census asked place of birth & those who had been born in England, Wales or Scotland were supposed to specify a town, while those from other places were left more open. Many of the Irish just say "Ireland", as in the US censuses, but many others included at least a county, which is how I found out that my gggf, who was living in Birmingham, was theoretically born in Rosscommon. (Of course, as Geraghty is common in Rosscommon, it hasn't done me a whole lot of good thus far to know it anyway.... <g>) I'm happy to try lookups in the cd's if your family was still in Great Britain in 1881 and you have have enough information to try to narrow the field somewhat. Alaine __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/