Thank you so much for the encouragement, Ray! I misspoke when I said they were in Providence, RI. Actually it was Pawtucket, RI. Many of the early sources say they were involved with ships in one way or another which makes sense for them to be in Pawtucket which was a big port at the time. They then moved to Provincetown, MA which was another big ocean town (The would role over in their graves if they knew the town it was today). The problem I keep finding is that most sources talk about those who came through New York and Boston. My ancestors did not seem to follow that route. I have tracked down all the descendants in the states of both sides. Nobody has a clue as to where they are from. I just tried to search at rootsireland.ie for the marriage but did not find it there either. I feel like I just keep banging my head against the wall with no results. I will go back to the census reports and see who they were living next to at those times. You just never know I guess. Jim On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Ray Marshall <ray.marshall@gmail.com>wrote: > You've gone about it the right wzy, Jim. > > Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to find an ancestor in Ireland with > no evidence of where to look. But I brok that rule and found my Scanlon > ancestors in Ballyduff Upper by using Griffiths because, like you, I had > the > surname of the mother and the father (Fox and Scanlon) and found someone in > Ballyduff familiar with local family histories. Unfortunately, he died > soon > after we made contact and I didn't get much more than some photos of the > family homestead. Which, of course, was wonderful. > > If I were you, I would concentrate on other Irish in Providence. Many > people came to the U.S. with someone else, or because someone related or > known to them was already here. And they settled in the same cities. > > See if there is a family history society in Providence and join it and seek > out the members and see where their ancestors came from. Check the census > where your ancestors lived and see who they were neighbors of. Check the > local newspapers and the library and see if anybody has written on the > "Irish of Providence." etc., etc, etc. > > Go over sources that you looked at when you first started out. There may > be > more information there by now. > > It might take a long time, but that is probably the only way that it can > productively be done. And by all means, watch and see what is happening in > Boherboy and the other Irish city you found. More and more Irish are > becoming active in genealogy. Someone might be looking for you. > > Good Luck, and have a Happy St. Patrick's Day! > > > Ray Marshall > Minneapolis > Seeking Scanlon and Fox in Ballyduff Upper, Lismore, Waterford. > Reidy, Aherne, McAuliffe, Hartnett, Loughnane and Flynn in County Kerry > Carney possibly in Waterford or Cork > > -----Original Message----- > From: waterford-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:waterford-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of James Gorman > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 3:47 PM > To: WATERFORD@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WATERFORD] genealogy advise > > > Hello list, > > I have been researching my family history for a while now and have > determined that my 3rd great-grandfather and grandmother immigrated to the > us in about 1853/1854. I assume they came over with a son who was born > about 1853. However, some records suggest that he was born in the USA. I > have never found William's brith record here. I have found the birth > record > for their son Patrick in 1855 (actually it is the baby's baptismal record). > They were Catholic. We have not been able to find any record of where they > came from in Ireland. Jame has a brother William who married in > Providence, > RI where they lived at the time in 1857. They then moved out to > Provincetown, MA for many years. I assume William came over with his > brother, James and sister-in-law but not positive. > > Based on this information I searched the Griffith's Valuation for towns > where Gorman and Dee both lived. I came up with a narrow list of two. One > of these occurances in in Boherboy, Waterford. Can any one give me some > hints on what to do next? > > James Gorman - b: about 1815 Ireland > Mary Dee - b:about 1825 Ireland > William Gorman - b: about 1825 Ireland > > They were Roman Catholic. > > Thank you very much! > > Jim Gorman > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > > Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > > ------------------------------------- > The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. 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