Sorry I can't give you the URL but if you use your search engine type in Ellis Island, you should be able to access all the records of shipping into America. Regards Sharon ""Lorie Gold"" <petsdoc@cogeco.ca> wrote in message news:20051113220543.A84E29D71@fep3.cogeco.net... > Hello, I have just joined this group. My wife and I have been researching > her Irish family background, and we have found out quite a lot, but we > need > some help. > > > > I hope that I have come to the right place. > > > > We know that her grandfather, Daniel P. Cronin emigrated with siblings > and > parents, from Millstreet parish, County Cork in 1863. They apparently > traveled on the steamship The Great Eastern, landing in New York. > Daniel's > parents, my wife's great grandparents were John Cronin and Johanna Cronin > ( > nee Hickey, of the same parish). They eventually settled in Ohio. We > have > now found the cemetery that they are in, in Ohio, USA. > > > > We are hoping that you can help us locate passenger lists for the ship, > so > that we can verify the information that we have so far, and also we are > hoping that you can help us find records in Ireland for their parish. We > traveled to Ireland a year ago, but found that we hadn't yet done enough > research to allow us to find family history. Now we have quite a bit and > we > look forward to going back. We would love to visit the old Cronin > Homestead > in County Cork, Millstreet Parish, but we will need help to get that far. > We would also like to visit cemeteries in County Cork where relatives rest > in peace. Our son was quite moved, last year when we found old "Cronin" > tombstones, but it will be even more meaningful when we find some that are > truly relatives. > > > > Any help or ideas would be most welcome, and I thank you in advance. > > > > Yours Sincerely, > > > > Dr. Lorie Gold > > Mrs. Phyllis Gold ( nee Cronin) > > >

Sharon <yasmin@bold.net.au> wrote: : Sorry I can't give you the URL but if you use your search engine type in : Ellis Island, you should be able to access all the records of shipping into : America. Not really. Ellis Island only operated from 1892 to 1924. See: http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island, New York City http://www.ellisislandrecords.org Ellis Island Arrivals 1892 to 1924 http://stevemorse.org/ellis/ Ellis Island Passengers http://www.wallofhonor.com/search_f.asp Ellis Island Wall of Honor

And, not really for another reason, Ellis Island, during its tenure, handled only arrivals at the port of New York . The URL is: www.ellisrecords.org "Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> wrote in message news:dlkpe6$o27$1@pcls4.std.com... > Sharon <yasmin@bold.net.au> wrote: > : Sorry I can't give you the URL but if you use your search engine type in > : Ellis Island, you should be able to access all the records of shipping into > : America. > > Not really. Ellis Island only operated from 1892 to 1924. > > See: http://www.ellisisland.org/ > Ellis Island, New York City > > http://www.ellisislandrecords.org > Ellis Island Arrivals 1892 to 1924 > > http://stevemorse.org/ellis/ > Ellis Island Passengers > > http://www.wallofhonor.com/search_f.asp > Ellis Island Wall of Honor