Olive, When working with immigrants, I always try to stay in the country they landed in. In your case, you need to study records in the U.S. Hopefully, she stayed in the same place in the States. Naturalization and Citizenship records will be key for you and they are very comprehensive for that time period. Although I am originally eastern Canadian myself and have no U.S. emigrants, I know that there is more than one piece of paper to the Naturalization and Citizenship collection for each state. There are petitions, declarations and others. You may want to check the Family History Library Catalog at www.familysearch.org<http://www.familysearch.org> and see what is available to you on film at your local LDS Family History Center for these records. Very possibly, through this collection, you will discover the names of her parents or her exact place of birth in Ireland and other pertinent information. Also, when does she say that she came into the States? It is a column in the U.S. census from 1900-1930. That will give you a hint on where to search for her shipping record? If she lived in New York, she may have come in through Ellis Island (www.ellisislandrecords.org<http://www.ellisislandrecords.org>) and if not there, there are numerous other ports to check. The Naturalization and Citizenship records may give you those details, even down to the name of her ship. Also, you can check www.immigrantships.net<http://www.immigrantships.net> which is a volunteer site and growing by the day with numerous shipping manifests. All of the above mentioned sites are free to use. Remember the mantra "Go from the known to the unknown" - in other words, stay in the U.S. and back her out of that country first before searching for endless possibilities in England. Happy Hunting! Margo McKinstry, AG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.