Hi Loreen Don't know if you've had any replies to your request....I am a little late in catching up with email. There are Australian Passenger Lists available online through the various state archives. If you would like to know further, please contact me. Regards, Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loreen Wells" <loreenwl@peoplepc.com> To: <countycork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:51 PM Subject: [CO CORK] Mitchelstown > Since we are talking about Mitchelstown, I have another question. Is > there a logical place in Australia to look for an emigrant from > Mitchelstown? Reason I ask is that my grandmother's sister supposedly > emigrated to Australia from there. I have a possible name but no idea > how to get started in Australia. My grandmother came to the US from > Mitchelstown in 1899. She told us she did that because her sister had > already gone to Australia and there was nothing left in Ireland. I'd > guess her sister left not too long before 1899, but don't have any date. > I think my grandmother came to the US to join a cousin in NYC. That > cousin immigrated to the US from Ireland in 1895, if I have the right > person for that cousin. > > My grandmother was Kate (Catherine Norris). Her parents, I believe, were > Patrick Norris and Ann Baily. Her cousin in NYC, I believe, was Nellie > Condon, b. ca. 1877. The sister most likely to have gone to Australia > was Ellen Norris, b. 1871. > > Loreen Wells