LindelB wrote: > A friend and I have been researching immigrants from Donegal, > especially those who came out under the Donegal Relief Fund scheme, > which assisted passengers to Sydney 1858 - 1862. > > The last three ships to come out under that scheme carried some > passengers who were from families evicted from Derryveagh, Gartan, in > 1861, by their landlord, Adair, to make way for his deer > park/recreation activities - the total evicted were 244 persons. > > We are hoping to find people who can identify Derryveagh evictees in a > list which I have online at my Donegal website. Attempts have been > made in the past to identify these people, including two videos - 'The > Echo of the Distant Drum' and the more recent 'Tragedy and Triumph, > the Story of the Derryveagh Evictions', as well as articles and > booklets published by May McClintock, An Taisce, and Dr Bernard Barrett. > > We would very much like to hear from anyone who can assist with this. > > Please visit the Derryveagh page at - > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/billsderryveagh.htm > > The Donegal Relief Fund project is at - > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/relief.htm > > I also have a list of Donegal immigrants arriving Sydney 1848-68, > should anyone want me to check for Donegal immigrants, other than > those from Derryveagh. > > Thankyou. > > Lindel > Kaikoura, New Zealand Hello Lindel, Would you like to include an ad re Donegal immigrants in the next edition of Blarney, the newsletter of the Irish Ancestry Group of the Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc? It will be published in August. If so contact Beryl & Brian Email blarney@wordweavers.net Maureen Doyle,Chairperson IAG > > > > > ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== > I knew that I was taking genealogy too seriously when I turned up at a > cemetery search with a shovel > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > . >