Hi JOhn, It will be a REAL PAIN to try to find those births in PA in your timeframe as, if you are lucky (I usually am not, groan), the county has records. You can learn most about the keeping of birth recrods in PA and every other state at www.usgenweb.com . However why not use the US census to try to locate the family? I checked www.ancestry.com's index for 1870 for a Charles Boyle born in Ireland about 1840: Charles Boyle Cambria, Cambria, PA abt 1840 Ireland Charles Boyle Banks, Carbon, PA abt 1844 Ireland Charles Boyle Salisbury, Lehigh, PA abt 1842 Ireland Charles Boyle Hazle, Luzerne, PA abt 1845 Ireland Sarahs: Sarah Boyle Philadelphia Ward 2 District 7, Philadelphia, PA abt 1850 Ireland Sarah Boyle Philadelphia Ward 26 District 88, Philadelphia, PA abt 1856 Ireland Sarah Boyle Philadelphia Ward 8 District 24, Philadelphia, PA abt 1852 Ireland Sarah Boyle Rush, Schuylkill, PA abt 1852 Ireland I'd check all the Charles to see if any had a wife named Sarah. You can do this at www.ancestry.com if you are a member. If they were not in the 1870 census, you will need to look on line (see above address) for county records. An indication of the religion would help mightily. SOme Catholic churches might have excellent records of this period. So might some Protestant chuches. Best of luck! Linda Merle ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Fern Muirhead" <fmuirhea@memlane.com> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:01:23 -0700 >My Gt-aunt, Sarah Muirhead (1854-1926) married Charles Boyle (1841-1908). They lived most of their lives in Racavan parish, County Antrim. However, for a short period (about 1871-1874) they lived in Pennsylvania where two children were born; Frances in 1872 and Charles Andrew in 1874. > >This information came from a grandson of Charles Andrew, and this was the extent of his knowledge on the subject. > >I would welcome any advice or suggestions as to how I might track down these two births in unknown locations in PA. > >Thank you. > >>From John Muirhead > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net