Dear Folks,

I would like to know if anyone knows the history of the Irish in Hudson, NY,
Columbia Cty around late 1840's/1850's/1860's.  My ggrandfather, Michael
FLYNN, immigrated to U.S. and settled in Hudson.  He was a
bricklayer/stonemason.  There is no information about the Irish in Hudson at
that time and yet in the 1850/1860 there are many Irish surnames.

We believe he left there in the late 1860's but can't find where he went.
Would anyone know a likely place in NY a bricklayer would go to work at that
time?  Also Irish organizations with lists of members would be helpful also.

Mary L. Casey in Michigan