Hi Kathleen, Everyone who joins this list asks this question: >Or help in directing me to sources in Ireland.... Wow, do we have carpal tunnel. We put together some webpages to assist that need updated. They are at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~merle . I vowed to never update these again a couple times because it seems like no one ever looks at them. In addition there is a huge number of suggestions in our archives (www.rootsweb.com -- click on Mailing lists and type in our name, then select interactive search or the browse option). The advice for people starting is basicly the same 100% of the time. That's to learn how to do Irish genealogy. There's free resources as well as books and courses you can find. No one on one consulting required to get started. If you do not know where in Ireland your ancestors came from, you probably cannot get too far beyond learning about Griffiths, the Tithe Applotments, estate records, spinning wheel lists and other such esoterica of Irish genealogy. You need to do migration research. To do that you can obtain books and take courses. Or you can take the free courses here: www.genealogy.com/university.html . They are wonderful. I refer to them frequently and I do genealogy professionally. Still, I see new stuff with each re-reading. I would suspect you need to do some US naturalization work. Again the courses above will give you an overview of that process. You may need to do addition study. All the USA censuses are indexed and available at www.ancestry.com . It shouldn't be too hard to do a search in the 1870, etc, for HARRISON b. in Baltimore or PHilly. The US censuses are critical to your search. Best of luck, Linda Merle (SI Admin) ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: HarrisonOttoKath@aol.com Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:18:11 EST >Robert Harrison born 1825, Ireland. First found in the 1850 census in >Philadelphia and then in 1860 in Baltimore. Then I loose all but Robert >Washington Harrison. Family had always said that this family was English. Thrilled >to find that they are Scotch- Irish. There was a Mill owned by a Harrison >Family in ?Belfast. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where this family >might have moved after 1860? Or help in directing me to sources in Ireland.... >Thank you, > Kathleen > >This is the family: > >Robert the father was born in 1825 Ireland, woeking as a Weaver in the 1850 >census, Mariner in the 1860 census. >wife Sarah (born) 1825 or 1835 Ireland or Scotland in the 11850 census she >was listed as a spinner. >John (born) 1845, Scotland, a potter >Henry (born) 1849, Penn. >Sarah (born) 1851, Penn. >Hannah (born) 1854, Penn. >Robert Washington (born) 1855, Baltimore, a pattern maker >William (born) 1859, Maryland > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net