Lurene, My ancestors came from the tip of Beara and sailed from Cobh ( formerly Queenstown, near Cork City). Rick Doherty On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:18:55 PM, "Lurene Scott" <reney@san.rr.com> wrote: From: "Lurene Scott" <reney@san.rr.com> Subject: [BEARA] Port of departure Date: February 4, 2009 1:18:55 PM EST To: "Beara List" <Beara@rootsweb.com> In the 1850s and living in the Glengariff area, what would be the most  likely port of departure to the USA? Thanks, Lurene  ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I happened across a passport application yesterday, for a Daniel Murphy from County Cork. The application was dated in the1890's, but it swore to the fact that he arrived in NY from Queenstown in 1859. John On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:24 PM, fjdoherty <fjdoherty@aol.com> wrote: > Lurene, > > My ancestors came from the tip of Beara and sailed from Cobh ( formerly > Queenstown, near Cork City). > > Rick Doherty > > On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:18:55 PM, "Lurene Scott" <reney@san.rr.com> wrote: > From: "Lurene Scott" <reney@san.rr.com> > Subject: [BEARA] Port of departure > Date: February 4, 2009 1:18:55 PM EST > To: "Beara List" <Beara@rootsweb.com> > In the 1850s and living in the Glengariff area, what would be the most > likely port of departure to the USA? > > Thanks, Lurene > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >