Yes that's true and if you go to the Hagley Museum in Wilmington you can request to see Du Pont's records of such arrangments, etc. Also, an excellent Wilmington Irish site is www.lalley.com. Liz Russell Forsyth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen & James Ingram" <kathlingram@inteliport.com> To: <DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:05 AM Subject: [NewCastle] Irish to Wilmington > Anyone who has famine-era Irish immigrants to the Wilmington area should look to the two latest editions of the Delaware Genealogical Society's Journal.DuPont apparently paid for tickets for families and their names are listed. > I would do a look-up.The journals are really great. > Kathy Carrow Ingram > >