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)

Welcome, Dr. Gold. I'm not one of the experts here, but I offer this: Daniel P. Cronin Occupation Laborer Age 24 Sex M Literacy U Arrived 24 Mar 1863 Origin Ireland Port Liverpool Last Residence Destination USA Plan Unknown Ship City Of Manchester Not the ship you mentioned, but as its name implies, I believe the Great Eastern was sailing to Australia in 1863. Anyway, the above information on a Daniel P. Cronin was available free on line from www.castlegarden.org You will have to play around with the search page to pick up the other members of the family. Good luck in your search. I have a Donovan ancestor from somewhere in West Cork, and after ten years of searching I can't find him. Jim Lorie Gold wrote: > 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) > > >