I finally got the lead to Wisconsin that I was looking for when I received by great aunt Cecilia Hurley's death certificate which had El Paso, Wisconsin as her birthplace in 1859. I looked up El Paso on the Pierce Co. genweb site (a very nice site indeed) and came across the statement " John Hurley relocated here in 1858". As this could be my ggfather, does anyone have any more information - where did he relocate from, within the county or from another county? An 1860 Pierce county census index has 3 Hurley's listed on the same page - John, Thomas and Edmund. Are they related? This site also shows a John Hurley under 'Letters of Intent' and a John Harley under 'Naturalization' whose letter of intent was issued in Rock county - I wonder if they might be for the same person. Where does one send a request to get copies of these documents? Thanks for any information you may provide.