This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Flynn Flinn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.netscape.com/mbexec/msg/4317/4dW.2ACEB/358.363.366.1 Message Board Post: I looked at the ship J.H. Shepherd arrival passenger record. It had a Mary, Michael and daughter Judy Flynn, listed in the passenger manifest. I have a Few concerns about them being the right ones. 1. It was reported that Michael & Mary Flynn had a girl child in 1848 named Ann. This child named Ann was not on the manifest with Michael and Mary. This I was told came from the birth records at the parish in Rathvilly, Ireland. The child named Ann was supposed to have died during the crossing of the Atlantic. Judy according to the Manifest was born during the voyage. Judy was on the arrival manifest at New York. No other record has been found about this girl named Judy for the Michael & Mary Flynn in question. 2. The Arrival date Jan 29, 1849 at New York is doubtful. There was a note was sewn into the Himmel of Mary Flynn Here is the text of that note: "I have known MichL Flynn and his wife Mary from their Childhood. I believe them to be quiet, honest, sober and well conducted. They emigrate in hopes of bettering their condition. (Signed) John Gahan P.P. (Parish Priest) Rathvilly, YofL (Year of Lord) Feb. 7 1849" Father John Gahan was pastor at St. Patrick's in Rathvilly in 1849 according to a plaque on the entry way wall to the church. If the parish priest gave this note to Michael and Mary Flynn, their departure could not have been until after Feb. 7, 1849. 3. They was known at the Parish in Rathvilly. The ships record for the J.H. Shepherd, stated their residence was Galway, not Rathvilly. Galway is on the western side of the Ireland and Rathvilly is closer to Dublin on the east side of Ireland. I doubt that they would travel from Rathvilly to Galway, then to Liverpool. It would be easier to go to Dublin then Liverpool, from Rathvilly. I still have not found the right Michael, Mary and Ann Flynn, have searched most of the manifests available for 1849 and have not found them. There was one ship with a Ann, Michael and Mary Flynn, later that year. The problem with them is that that Michael died during the voyage Also the three names was listed in different Flynn families on that manifest.