It's not very likely you are going to find the data for Michael on the internet, if his son was born 1827 and they were living in Waterford your chances are much better if you search Griffiths Valuation (for years 1848-1864) and/or the TIthe Applotment Books (for 1823-1837).... both of these are available on microfilm thru your local Family History Centers, there are people on the Lookup page for the IrelandGenWeb who will do lookups on surnames only (to tellyou who with that surname is in a county) and there is plenty of information describing these items on the IGW home page. You may also want to check out How to Use Girffith's Valuation http://proni.nics.gov.uk/research/family/griffith.htm Maura ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maura Petzolt Mobile, Alabama USA mpetzolt2@webtv.net ================================= IrelandGenWeb home page http://www.worldgenweb.org/ireland/index.html County Waterford home page http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/waterford.htm Helpful Hints for Successful Searching (under construction) http://www.worldgenweb/ireland/instruct.htm