Hi Lorraine, I found them! They are in Baltimore Maryland, District 2 as follows: Wm, age 30 - Cooper - born in PA with both parents in Ireland Mary A., age 24 - born in Ireland as were her parents James, age 2 - born in Maryland Is this fun or what! Regina >From: l faris <phillyirish2003@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com >To: PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PAPHL] Help to find family in 1880 census, please >Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 10:56:56 -0700 (PDT) > >HI, > I haven't been successful at searching on first name only in Ancestry. >I have done so on Heritage Quest - but alas - no 1880 census at HQ > Lorraine > >diane adams <kitty4quilts@yahoo.com> wrote: > The 1880 is so user friendly you can even put in a first name only. This >may result in way too many responses but you can narrow it down a bit with >an area, an age, etc. You could try William one time and Mary another and >compare to see if there is a match for both. Worth a try. >Diane in CO > >l faris >wrote: >Hello >I can't seem to find the family of William and Mary McLaughlin in the 1880 >census. I have found them in the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census. > >They were married in 1876 and had at least one son by 1880, James, who >would have been about 2. > >William was born about 1850 in Philadelphia and Mary was born 1854-1858 in >Ireland. William was a cooper. > >They were married in St. Patricks at 242 S 20th St. and lived at 1524 S >Dorrance St in 1900 and at 1732 S 18th St in 1910 and 1920. > >I have tried to find them using Ancestry.com employing various spellings of >their name but no luck. I suspect a typo in the index (at least I hope that >is the reason) Since the 1880 census isn't available in Heritage Quest I'm >stumped. > >I've checked the Dorrance St. Address (ED 559) in 1880 and will go page by >page. Just hoping someone may have a better index to save my sanity. > >Thanks >Lorraine > > > > >--------------------------------- >Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates >starting at 1¢/min. > > >==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing >lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To subscribe, >start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > >--------------------------------- >Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just >2¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. > > >==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >Helpful abbreviations: (APS)American Philosophical Society, >[ARI]Annenberg Research Institute,(BI)Balch Institute,[DU] Drexel >University Library, FLP)Free Library of Philadelphia, [GHS] Germantown >Historical Society, GSP)Genealogical Society of PA, (HSP)Historical Society >of PA, LC)Library Company, [NARS] National Archives Regional >Branch-Philadelphia, PCA)Philadelphia City Archives,(PCH)Philadelphia City >Hall, (PJAC)Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, (RWA)Register of Wills >Archives,(TU)Temple University, (UP)University of Pennsylvania Libraries >and Archives > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >--------------------------------- >Get amazing travel prices for air and hotel in one click on Yahoo! >FareChase > > >==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >FREE: Search the SSDI [Social Security Death Index] >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >