I'm not certain, but I think so....it was cheaper to emigrate to Canada than the US, & cheaper to leave from Liverpool than Ireland, for reasons I can't remember....this is the reason many Irish emigrants to the USA came via Canada...it was cheaper. ----- Original Message ----- From: "sharon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Soldiers of the 38th battalion > Colleen, > The Irish who went to England who emigrated to the Americas, does that > POSSIBLY include those Irish who went to Canada (Ontario and Quebec > mostly)? > Sharon > > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Colleen, Thanks a million, you have given me a direction to look at and a reason why. I am trying to look up the Armitages who were originally from Ireland, but England had been coming up and I had been saying "No, that is the wrong line". My mother just told me that my GGparents were married in England, SO... Sharon