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From: "Rosemary Braun" <>
Subject: Re: [IA-IRISH] Immigration to US prior to 1750
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 09:04:13 -0700
References: <000601c1385c$79330ce0$1b618cd0@chiltonhome>


All of the ships are definitely not listed. I have copies of three that
aren't on those lists.!
Rosemary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Hilton" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 4:50 AM
Subject: RE: [IA-IRISH] Immigration to US prior to 1750


> Thanks, I was referencing the several ship lists on the web, such as
> olivetreegenealogy and theshiplisttranscribersguild (or something like
> that). I had thought they listed all known ships, but that must be
> incorrect.....
>
>
> Carl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Winters [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 12:10 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [IA-IRISH] Immigration to US prior to 1750
>
>
> Carl,
> It is my understanding that most formal U.S. immigration lists (Customs
> Passenger Lists) date from about 1820. Other ship records exist and are
> documented in books and such but are not organized or by any means
> complete. However, I do seem to remember seeing a large index
> (consisting of many books) in my local LDS library. It lists names
> alphabetically and gives the source. Maybe by now its on the web or a
> CD. So if you have a specific surname you can start checking. My Irish
> ancestors, I have discovered, came to North America via Canada, and I
> believe those formal records did not start until the late 1800's. Since
> they arrived in the 1830's I have not found anything yet.
>
> Patrick Winters
>
> Carl Hilton wrote:
> >
> > Somone on another list posted an article from a Deleware newspaper in
> 1736,
> > stating how they had received over 2000 immigrants in the previous week
> with
> > over 6000 Irish immigrants arriving over the past few months.... I can
not
> > resolve this information with what is on any ship immigration list site
on
> > the web.... Are there a whole bunch of ships that aren't listed?
> >
> > Carl
> >
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