Dear Listers, I recently discovered that an uncle, whom I thought had died young, did in fact emigrate to U.S.A. very early in the 1900's. His name was Michael Duffy and he was born on 30 January 1875 in Dublin. His family moved to Montrose when he was young and, when his father died in 1907, the rest of the family moved to Glasgow. I know that Michael moved to America before this though. He sent post cards home to his family. Luckily, one member kept the few he sent to her. The first was sent in November 1906 from Pittsburgh, the next in May 1907 (also from Pittsburgh). The next was from New York in August 1907 Another was from Washington in April 1909 and the last was from Wenham Lake, Dodge's cove, Beverly, Massachusetts. This card starts " This is the lake on our place...." So he must have left some time before November 1906 - possibly the year before or perhaps earlier in the same year. Is there anyway I could find out which boat he travelled on? Which port he may have left from? Would he have been eligible for an assisted passage? Is there anyway I can discover where he landed in U.S.A. Were records kept then? Michael was a groom when he was 16 (according to the 1891 census). Could he have travelled over with some horses? Did grooms travel that far with their animals? If he was moving around the Eastern States, could it have been to look for work or do you have any info. on the type of temporary work grooms would do? I realise this is a very tall order - to ask City folk to speculate on the ways of young grooms travelling around the States! However, if you think you know or can point me in the right direction to find any of these points (and those I haven't even thought of yet!) please let me know. I would be very grateful. Thank you for reading this far, I do appreciate your interest. Good Luck with your own research, Myra Duffy