Dear Pat, First, thanks for the links and your fabulous website!  As for CASTLE GARDEN, the last I heard, about a year ago, this website contains only about 10% of the arrival records due to the lack of funding.  I believe all the records are on microfilm at the National Archives. Thanks again! Judie Mason Chicago ________________________________ From: Pat Connors Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 10:57:05 AM Subject: Irish emigration in 1880 Here's how I use the site.  First I put in the name and with the results, I chose a few that fit my ancestor.  I write down the initial info.  I then do another search and this time I write in just the ship and year the ship docked.  Then I get the full passenger list and can check who else came over with my person of interest. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com Here is a link, passed on to me, for a website that has an article that ran in 1880 in the St Louis Post Dispatch, that Irish genealogists and history buffs will find interesting. http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=70157 You can search for Irish emigrants at the Castle Garden website.  It is a pre-Ellis Island immigration center covering 1855 to 1890 but the site also has passenger lists going back to 1820. http://www.castlegarden.org/