Hi Linda, Just do a search on the Home Page of Ancestry.com using only the name Mononge. I fell off my chair to see SIX different valid Irish immigrant records in the mid 1800s!!! One is JOHN arriving in New York in April 1850. I then tried to find anything remotely like Mononge in the 1850 and 1860 census, but all I got back was a million Manning records. So.... I guess Mononge is in fact a valid Irish name. That certainly fits the pattern of Irish immigrants mainly marrying other Irish folks (Mary Gleason). I'm hoping Chris Pigott sees this and makes a comment. At 05:38 PM 07/30/2007, Linda Payne wrote: >I'm sure we'll make better progress when you get the >certificate. When I checked a New York marriage register index on >ancestry.com they showed the last name as Monouge. Exactly where did you do this search? Can you give me the exact ancestry.com URL? >I'm suspecting it may end up being Minogue or Monogu. It will be >interesing when you look at the handwriting yourself. I'm waiting with great excitement. In the mean time, I can't find what happened to her older sister Elizabeth, her mother Eliza or her father William. >In the meantime I will try to find them in the censues. I'm hoping that YOUR proven skills (and / or luck) will score for me once again. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) Thanks for all that you do for our list. Joe Joe Bissett, PIGGOTT/CUMMISKEY List Administrator/Rootsweb I use America's Book CDs in my genealogical research to access otherwise unavailable primary source material. http://www.abcd-usa.com/ I support the Godfrey Memorial Library. http://www.godfrey.org/ Proud to be a member of LostCousins! http://www.LostCousins.com/