In a message dated 1/31/01 8:26:52 PM, [email protected] writes: << Could it be possible John and Ellen Breen married in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh just before they immigrated to the US? Is there a common Port of Departure near there? I havn't found many ships sailing in the years 1860/1861 from Ireland to the US. >> Some left from Ballyshannon, and others from Belfast, but the majority seem to have gone first to liverpool. Where have you been looking? There were MANY ships from liverpool to the US in that time, bt few of the lists are on the internet. You have to use microfilmed records, available from the LDS and in many major libraries. Doesn't really matter where they left from tho, as records are kept by port of ARRIVAL. Janet C-S