Wileys in Ireland in the 1700s

Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reasonwhy they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given atthe port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g.Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. -And perhaps evenfind out an exact place of origin. Ellis Island: http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp Castlegarden: http://www.castlegarden.org/ US National Archives/Immigration info: http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ The Boston Pilot; From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a?Missing Friends? column with advertisements from people looking for ?lost? friends and relativeswho had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 40,743 recordsis available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad thatappeared in the Pilot. http://infowanted.bc.edu/ The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

Thank you so much for your suggestions!  I did go to the websites and do a quick search there, but everything starts in the 1800s, and my ancestor came over in the 1700s.  David Wiley Sr appeared as head of household in Pennsylvania in 1800, and David Wiley Jr in 1810.  On the 1850 Census, David Jr reported that he was born in PA in 1784.  They should appear in the 1790 US Census, but I can't find a record that matches.  It's possible that David Jr told the census taker he was born in PA when he was actually born in Ireland, if they were experiencing prejudice in their area and he wanted to appear "more American," but I have no reason to believe that - he owned a good-sized piece of land, was in this town in Ohio from the very beginning of it, and lived/raised his family there for some 45 years.  I have no idea when David Sr left Ireland...  from the ages on the 1800 census, he started having children about 1780.  That was in the middle of the Revolutionary War in America, so it's most likely that he either came to America before 1776 when the War began, or came after it ended, with some of his children already born.  I think it's most likely that he arrived in America at Philadelphia, since they lived in PA before moving on, but if he came much earlier, he would have had time to travel from NY, or any other port.  Most of the Wileys in Ireland seem to come from areas in the north, but our oral family story is that ours came from County Cork.  There are a few Wileys appearing in Cork in the early 1800s that could be clues, but I have nothing for sure at this point.  Thank you for your help, and please let me know if you think of any sources for the 1700s.  - Julie