Re: The earlier message by "Jean" on the above ... 1) After attending an Irish workshop in Toronto ... the following message was received ... ----- Forwarded message from OGS Toronto Branch ----- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 From: OGS Toronto Branch Subject: A Message to Attendees of the August Irish Ancestry Workshop Dear Participant in the Irish Ancestry Workshop, The Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has kindly offered to send this email to those who attended the Irish ancestry workshop in August. On behalf of Ireland Park Foundation, I am seeking your assistance. As you may recall, Ireland Park Foundation is creating a memorial park at the foot of Bathurst Street to commemorate the Irish immigrants who arrived in Toronto in 1847. The park will feature five famine sculptures along with a limestone wall and will be dedicated to those who lost their lives at the end of the journey and to those who survived and contributed to the development of the City of Toronto. As part of this initiative, we have engaged a videographer to create a living legacy of the impact these immigrants had on Toronto. The artist would like to interview a few descendents of the Irish immigrants who arrived in Toronto on the famine ships. These interviews will form part of the video display that will be projected on the side of the malting silos adjacent to the park when it opens in June 2007. If you are aware of any Irish descendants whose ancestors arrived in Toronto aboard the famine ships in 1847, we would appreciate your passing this information along or providing us with their coordinates so that we might be in touch with them. We have a very short window to conduct the interviews and therefore would appreciate any information you may be able to provide before the end of October. Thank you for your help with this important project. Please forward information to: Terry Smith Board Member Ireland Park Foundation [email protected] 416-357-1231 ----end Forwarded message ---- 2) On February 24 ... a related article appeared in the Toronto Globe & Mail by James Rush. This can be "fully" accessed thru Google ... entering ... "Toronto Waterfornt Statues - Irish Immigrants". 3) Would appear both wharfs will now have similar commemorative memorials ... - "The Departure" - Ireland - "The Arrival" - Canada Thank you Jean for again binding these two great countries together. B.A.