I found this if your interested 1870 Philidelphia, Pennsylvania census ward 21, district 69 Brown, Hamilton 40yrs Male , Brown 37yrs female John 12yrs M Jane 8 yrs F ? Kim 6yrs F James 3yrs M Ralph 1yr M I couldn't read the youngest girls name, and the mothers is obvioulsy wrong, and there are no places of birth listed. So I checked the 1880 census. Brown, Hamilton 56yrs Laborer self and parents born Ireland Kate 46yrs Keeping house self and parents born Ireland Jane 17yrs works in cotton mill born Pennsylvania Sara 16yrs works in cotton mill born Pennsylvania James 12yrs at school on railroad foot hurt born Pennsylvania Ralph 10yrs at school born Pennsylvania 1860 Pennsylvania, Montgomery County Brown, Hamilton 35yrs M Laborer born Ireland Catharine 30yrs F born Ireland John 1yr born Pennsylvania > > Hello Listers, > > > > I am writing this from Australia and am seeking help > > on how one starts > > looking for information on an ancestor who was born > > in Pennsylvania c1869, > > but spent the latter part of his life in Australia. > > I understand what > > resources are available for Australian births for > > researching this person, > > but I have no idea what is available in > > Pennsylvania. > > > > I have the 1906 marriage record of a Ralph Richard > > Brown (the marriage > > occurred here in Australia) in which he states that > > he is 37 years and was > > born in Pennsylvania, America. He also states his > > parents are John Brown > > and Catherine Goddikia/Goddikie. > > > > Can someone please advise me as to how to start this > > research, considering > > the problem of distance. > > > > Cheers > > > > Peter Lakeman > > Victoria, Australia > > > > > > ==== PENNSYLVANIA Mailing List ==== > > Help your fellow researcher out when you can... You > > may be surprised > > by how they may help you. > > > > ============================== > > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription > > from > > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. >http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > >==== PENNSYLVANIA 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/ > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > Tioraidh an drasda, Tori - shyfyre@msn.com Searching- COUNTS-(Coates, Crouch, Sartain, Pendergraf, Williams,Raper, Martin, McNiel), (Tn, AL, Ok, Ark, CA) HANCOCK-(Adams, Abbott, Allen, Burnett, Clifford, Counts, Fisher, Hoskins, Louden, Shepperd, Leach, Mitchel, Imel, Speaks, Speck, Sprunger, Tharp, Wheeler, Wright) (VA, KY, IN, CA) MCNIEL(Coates,Counts,Gaddy,Brown,Lindsey,Mason,Moon) (NC, TN, OK, Ark, CA) CAREY(Hancock,Catterton,Gibson,Dodder, Leach) (MD, PA, IN, CA) and any family connections.