I just received the certificate of death for John FAY, and for parent names, there is a line drawn in the space where the name would go and the birthplace for each parent is simply Ire. The death index had less information than this, but I have looked it up; same with the cemetery record. The name Fay is pretty common, so I've looked at immigration records on Ancestry, but was hoping to find parent names so I could limit the search. In my searching to date, I've not seen a will in the index, so I'm stuck here. Any thoughts on where to look to next to try to locate his parents? John FAY died 09 Feb 1913 in Philadelphia at the age of 48, wife Bridget CANTEEN(TUN) of Ireland signed his certificate of death.

Laurie, Have you looked in all possible census records for your John Fay? Do you know if he had brothers and sisters? If you could find them you might find information about the parents. Mary kay

Laurie, I just went through almost the same thing you are struggleing with. I was able to track down one of the brothers grandaughters and she happened to have a list of the family members. There were 5 or 6 of the 13 children that came from Ireland. I had info that they came from Belfast. That was incorrect....as later I found they were from County Fermanagh.Enniskillen, Boho. What I am trying to say is keep looking and if you can find a relative that may have come over with him or befor him that he was living with or near trace them. No one knew who the parents were on my g great grandmother either and I traced them down with the census reprots as to when they came to America Then I looked for a ship in that year and that told me where they had come from in Ireland. Then I looked at PRONI for the name of the child with a possible birthdate figured from the age on the ship info and the census record. Long and drawn out but I found them. Good Luck. Ann On 5/20/06, Laurie <laurie@ampwares.com> wrote: > > I just received the certificate of death for John FAY, and for parent > names, > there is a line drawn in the space where the name would go and the > birthplace for each parent is simply Ire. The death index had less > information than this, but I have looked it up; same with the cemetery > record. The name Fay is pretty common, so I've looked at immigration > records on Ancestry, but was hoping to find parent names so I could limit > the search. In my searching to date, I've not seen a will in the index, > so > I'm stuck here. Any thoughts on where to look to next to try to locate > his > parents? > > John FAY died 09 Feb 1913 in Philadelphia at the age of 48, wife Bridget > CANTEEN(TUN) of Ireland signed his certificate of death. > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > FREE: Search the SSDI [Social Security Death Index] > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > -- Ann Brown " Cookie"

Oh yea, One more thing. If they didn't list the parents on the death cert. they probably didn';t know them. You might find it in an obit and you might not. But if they didn't put it in the death cert it probably didn't make it on the undertakers report either. Ann On 5/26/06, Ann Brown <cookiebrown11@gmail.com> wrote: > > Laurie, > > I just went through almost the same thing you are struggleing with. I was > able to track down one of the brothers grandaughters and she happened to > have a list of the family members. There were 5 or 6 of the 13 children > that came from Ireland. I had info that they came from Belfast. That was > incorrect....as later I found they were from County Fermanagh.Enniskillen, > Boho. > > What I am trying to say is keep looking and if you can find a relative > that may have come over with him or befor him that he was living with or > near trace them. > > No one knew who the parents were on my g great grandmother either and I > traced them down with the census reprots as to when they came to America > Then I looked for a ship in that year and that told me where they had come > from in Ireland. Then I looked at PRONI for the name of the child with a > possible birthdate figured from the age on the ship info and the census > record. Long and drawn out but I found them. > > Good Luck. Ann > > > On 5/20/06, Laurie <laurie@ampwares.com> wrote: > > > > I just received the certificate of death for John FAY, and for parent > > names, > > there is a line drawn in the space where the name would go and the > > birthplace for each parent is simply Ire. The death index had less > > information than this, but I have looked it up; same with the cemetery > > record. The name Fay is pretty common, so I've looked at immigration > > records on Ancestry, but was hoping to find parent names so I could > > limit > > the search. In my searching to date, I've not seen a will in the index, > > so > > I'm stuck here. Any thoughts on where to look to next to try to locate > > his > > parents? > > > > John FAY died 09 Feb 1913 in Philadelphia at the age of 48, wife Bridget > > CANTEEN(TUN) of Ireland signed his certificate of death. > > > > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > > FREE: Search the SSDI [Social Security Death Index] > > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > > > > ============================== > > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > > ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn > > more: > > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > > > > -- > Ann Brown " Cookie" > -- Ann Brown " Cookie"