Hi Margaret & AUS-IRISH List Your email was reposted onto the Aus-Irish site. I have close links with a few of the Irish Orphan Girls - my maternal grandfather's sister, Mary SEYMORE/SEYMOUR came on the "Maria" in 1850, my husband's great grandmother, Ellen LORDON, arrived in 1850 on the "John Knox". A magazine is produced quarterly by Terrie Pollard who until recently lived in Sydney but now is Tasmania - her address is Terrie Pollard 'Killaveney' 2021 Sheffield Road SHEFFIELD TAS. 7306 POLLARD, Terrie E-mail Address(es): [email protected] The magazine is called 'Clann an Ghorta'. In the latest issue Tom Power, the chairman of the Irish Orphan Girls Commemorative Memorial Committee (I think that is the correct name) mentions changing the website address in November. Tom can be contacted on 02 9417 4193 or [email protected] There are contacts for some of the ships namely, Diadem, Digby, Earl Grey, Inchinnan, John Knox, Lady Peel, Maria, Pemberton, Thomas Arbuthnot & William & Mary. If you know of a connection to one of the Irish Orphan girls who came on one of the above ships, email me and I will give you the address of the contact. Other information in the last issue is a note from Trevor McClaughlin that a flyer advertising the new edition of Barefoot & Pregnant should be in the GSV magazine 'Ancestor' October edition. If you are interested in purchasing this book either write to the Genealogical Society of Victoria Level 6 179 Queen Street, MELBOURNE 3000 Ph: 03 9670 7033 Fax: 03 9670 4490 or [email protected] On the last 2 pages there were some photos taken of the Famine memorial on Custom House Quay in Dublin. The memorial is a group of life-size bronze sculptures of famine victims who went to Canada and Australia, the sculptures are by Rowan Gillespie, who said at the opening of the memorial "I feel this sculpture is not complete until the figures are crossing a sea of names, names cast in bronze and set in the cobble surround, thousands of names, names of those who have pledged to care." The Irish Famine Commemoration Committee aims to raise funds to aid the disadvantaged youth of Ireland today by donations from the descendants of those who emigrated as a result of the famine. There are few bronze plaques there already, one to honour the emigrants to Canada. Perhaps the descendants of Australian orphan girls may wish to be involved in this project. Details are on the net at: http://www.irishfaminefund (the above address may not be correct, but has been transcribed exactly as printed in the magazine.) The photos in the magazine are haunting, 4 males & 2 females, adults, because the photos have been photocopied not very distinct, I can't see if the women are holding babies or their possession in their arms. The photos were taken by a descendant of Mary Dunphy of County Laois. Maggie K M Keely Heffernan in Coffs Harbour, NSW, AUSTRALIA researching: BUCKLEY, HEFFERNAN, HERRICK, MALONE, SEYMOUR, TIERNEY from Tip. IRE, LORDEN/LORDON from Cork, IRE; CURTIS, FINNIGAN, KEELY, SMITH/SMYTH from Meath, IRE; CLARK from Sry. ENG, HILL from Lanc. ENG. HARMON from Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. [email protected]