Thanks to all who replied to my SOS re: Edward Parks, both on and off-list. I am currently checking into the Waringstown possibility -- it sounds promising. Linda, I spent three excruciating days at NARA in New York City last month combing the passenger lists on microfilm, looking for two months on either side of Edward's proclaimed arrival date on his naturalization papers, turning up nothing other than severe eyestrain and headaches. I have only been that thorough with the New York arrivals, because basically I'm assuming he wouldn't lie or misrepresent himself on his application for naturalization, while he might be more casual with the truth on other, less important, documents. I assumed if I could pinpoint his townland with some certainty, I could then begin checking the FHL microfilms for any church records that might have been indexed, as well as write off to others that are still in existence. Is this not the case? I agree, people change their religion every day -- but I think they did it less in the mid to late 1800's, and particularly in that part of the world. That he made certain so often on American church records and censuses that "N. Ireland" was specified, even before the Irish Free State and Ulster split apart politically, I felt that he was making a statement, that it was important to him to be differentiated, possibly for religious reasons. I have absolutely no intention whatsoever of <<can pay to have a search done of indexes for records that are indexed -- 32 times>> which is why I'm trying so hard to ascertain his townland. As far as getting every bit of info on Edward AFTER his arrival, to the best of my ability, I've done that. I've gotten death, baptismal, marriage certificates and burial information on him and all nine of his children, wife, and inlaws, obits for those I've been able to find, etc., etc. ad nauseum. Apparently, poor, landless, Irish immigrants did not leave a wealth of documentation around, even after they landed in the States, but I will re-read THE SOURCE one more time and see if there's anything I might have missed. Again, thank you all for your thoughts, guidance and suggestions. I wish you all the best in your own research. Julie Anne Parks Searching: Parks, Finley, Doherty, Donnelly, Flynn, McAvoy, Mahoney Hettrick, Cassidy, Donahoe, Donahue, Timmons, Winrow