Helen, i was born on the wirral of a catholic father and cof e mother i would say at least half the people were of irish catholic origins. The dock building in the 18 and 19 century was a big draw also the great famin in ireland sent over a million to uk most through liverpool. I am sure liverpool record office have figures but very few catholic church records have been copied and even less on line. I would be interested in any catholic church records for birkenhead.THANK YOU. Keith in Malta, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lavendersblue" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: [BKHD-Wirral] Archives > Hello everyone, > > I would like to get to grips with some social history. I would be particularly interested at this stage in trying to find out statistical information regarding the numbers of Irish people living on the Wirral and the Liverpool area, and also the number of Catholics living in the same areas. > > Is there a breakdown of ethnicity and/or religion for the period circa 1890 to 1950? Where would I find such information? > > Best wishes, > > Helen > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >