I could look them up for you on Ancestry. I did do a quick look in the 1910 census (the index is head of household only) and there are 3 D. Head in New York - none born in Scotland. Can you give me a little more info to query on? Lynn -----Original Message----- From: Alasdair Heads [mailto:al_heads@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:27 AM To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] once they're in america... what's the best way to find more info? It looks like some of my family emigrated to New York about the turn of last century. The Ellis island records have Scotch US citizens Anne Head, Neil, Mary and ?Nin arriving in October 1904 on return tickets. They're going to husband D Head's home at 520 West 51st in New York. My problem is that I don't believe it shound be D Head - how do I check US records (without having to pay massively to ancestry.com?) Y'see I think they could be family of Neil (misspelt as Niel) Head that Ellis Island lists as arriving in 1896 on the Campania aged 30. Sadly Ellis Isle's link to the original manifest is'nt right. Any help appreciated PS in 1904 young Neil has his occupation as Blue printer?? ideas __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MAILING LIST - HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE - HOW TO CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, ETC, ETC...: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/maillist.htm