Another possibility are naturalization records. Not much information in early records, but there is an outside chance that PoB includes more than "Ireland" Dave Collins Hudson, MA, USA > . > 1. genealogy advise (James Gorman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:45:25 -0400 > From: James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> > Subject: [WATERFORD] genealogy advise > To: WATERFORD@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <AANLkTin1ZH2Yav5m61eDonBSmuy8DA91b71iLMR1ETUO@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 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 > >