Hi
You might want to send another query with additional information. Include the
Given Names of the Parents, children (known) and also give
Dates of Birth, Marriage (spouse name if known) and
DOD. If they lived in various area's you might want to include any other information known.
Whalen is a common Surname in Ireland and also NYC & NYS. My
Whalen family came during the Potato famine and you might want to include the
Date of arrival,
Date of Naturalization (if known). I was also able to obtain through family records the County from where they came and the
Given Name of the father and Mother (also her maiden name) through family documents.
Unless you have the County, Church
Parish and Townland your family came from in Ireland it is very difficult to trace your family.
Also look for spelling variation such as
Whelen,
Whaling and etc. when searching for
Records and documents.
Pat R