All, I have a question (maybe more than one) for an immigration/ship expert. I have a newspaper 'bio' about a William Brown. According to the article, he said that he left Belfast, Ireland on April 3, 1840 on board the "Consbrook, a sailing vessel, and with 364 fellow passengers." He landed in Canada and then went to Chicago and on to Iowa. The article was published in 1908, so William was up in years when it was written. Thus, his memory might be foggy. There is a record of the Consbrook sailing from Belfast to Canada in May 1839 with 308 passengers. But, no 1840 record has been found. I haven't checked the "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index" down at the library yet. But, my question is, is it likely that a ship would make two trips to the Americas on consecutive years? Or, did they normally need more time to refit and prepare for the next trip? The info in the newspaper article seems strangely precise for man in his 90s (dates, numbers, etc.). So, naturally I am skeptical. Les Beaty, L-20

Hi, I recieved this website URL and went and looked... It is a pay site, as hard as research in Ireland is....any way I searched Beatty https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi_main.cfm#Counties Your Search Criteria has returned : 1991 Baptism/Birth Record(s). 299 Marriage Record(s). 256 Census Record(s). 157 Griffiths Valuation Record(s). 148 Tithe Applotments Record(s). Might want to look at it for any of your Irish Ancestors.... Regards Nelda Nelda's websites - http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?ss=Restaurants~Hotels~Amusement%20Park&cp=33.832922~-117.915659&style=r&lvl=13&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=1118863&encType=1&FORM=MGAC01

Hi Les, I was going to try to find your ship for you at ancestry.com.. but couldn't figure out how to look for ships.. Anyway... My 3rd cousin Karl Marx Bonstein 96 yrs old who just died this last spring would have taken offense.. His mind was very sharp and his memory when he discussed the past was unfailing.. So perhaps your Beatty was sharp minded too.. Nelda's websites - http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ ----Original Message Follows---- From: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: "BP2000" <[email protected]> Subject: [BP2000] Question about Ships Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:51:24 -0600 All, I have a question (maybe more than one) for an immigration/ship expert. I have a newspaper 'bio' about a William Brown. According to the article, he said that he left Belfast, Ireland on April 3, 1840 on board the "Consbrook, a sailing vessel, and with 364 fellow passengers." He landed in Canada and then went to Chicago and on to Iowa. The article was published in 1908, so William was up in years when it was written. Thus, his memory might be foggy. There is a record of the Consbrook sailing from Belfast to Canada in May 1839 with 308 passengers. But, no 1840 record has been found. I haven't checked the "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index" down at the library yet. But, my question is, is it likely that a ship would make two trips to the Americas on consecutive years? Or, did they normally need more time to refit and prepare for the next trip? The info in the newspaper article seems strangely precise for man in his 90s (dates, numbers, etc.). So, naturally I am skeptical. Les Beaty, L-20 When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ MSN is giving away a trip to Vegas to see Elton John.  Enter to win today. http://msnconcertcontest.com?icid-nceltontagline