Some came through New Orleans. Some of my lot came through Saint John, NB, and 30,000 Irish came through the quarantine station at Grosse Ile, Quebec. My Bavarian ancestors came through Philadelphia in 1752, and passenger records do exist for these early arrivals. Shirley ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Sandy Laurie <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 9, Issue 6 Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 16:12:22 -0800 (PST) My grandfather came over several years before Ellis Island opened . . . he came through Castle Garden.(NY) Sandy On Saturday, January 11, 2014 5:46 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: Laurie, Depending on what year your ancestors arrived in the US will determine whether or not they passed through Ellis Island. Ellis Island didn't open until 1892. If arriving in NYC prior to this, there was Castle Garden (NYC), but they could also have entered through Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore... Ally -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 1/11/2014 5:20:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 9, Issue 6 Hello, I am hoping someone can resolve my confusion. My Mullin and Mellon great, great grandparents came from Tyrone County. I believe they entered the U.S. Through the port of Philadelphia, PA. My mother attested before she deceased that Philadelphia was a port pre-Ellis Island. Is this correct, or did they enter Ellis and then go southward to Philadelphia? I probably appear naive which I sadly confess is reality! Laurie S. Pittman ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- 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 ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- 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

Forgive me its already been posted as I may have missed it if it was Castle Garden <http://www.castlegarden.org/> And Ellis Island <https://www.ellisisland.org/> Both free Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 12/01/2014 13:26, Shirley Smith wrote: > Some came through New Orleans. Some of my lot came through Saint > John, NB, and 30,000 Irish came through the quarantine station at > Grosse Ile, Quebec. My Bavarian ancestors came through Philadelphia > in 1752, and passenger records do exist for these early arrivals. > Shirley