Hi Marged Interesting to see that the 349 Jewish emigrants who left in February 1882 on board the steamer ILLINOIS were destined for Philadalephia USA? :-) Thanks for posting the link on the Merseyside list. Regards Gordon From: "Marged" <marged36@btopenworld.com> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Fw: [Liverpool-Memories] Emigration ofJewishrefugees So sad, Jane. I read a lot of novels about the Jews in America, and it's interesting to know how they managed to make their way there when they had so little money Marj http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/index.html Jane