greetings list, i have just this evening joined this list and could you help me. my name is robert janmaat (Dutch by acentry) my wife side of the family i have traced back to a Michael Dowdy(doody) and Bridget nee Kennedy, both born Ireland married dec. 1869 him 21 her then 20. Thanks to some help i found them in Oil Creek on the 1870 census. However have been unable to find them or their four kids born PA. prior to 1883 when they where in ther UK boarding the HESPERUS For Adelaide South Australia. their first born was a John Martin who shows on his death Cert. born striansville PA, after seeing the Crawford county map my gut feeling is that should read titusville. Patrick the second born just shows born Pennsylvania USA as the place of birth. the record shows only four children traveling with the parents family tales have it more born but not making the distance, i doubt this as they had four more in South Australia but no early deaths. My Questions are these. Despite searching via the WWW not sure of the Town called Oil Creek in Crawford County PA. are there any birth record for those days that are available. If are they index, searchable, what access is there. Regards Robert, Adelaide _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com