In a message dated 8/30/2004 11:34:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, nymets11@pacbell.net writes: > Neither one of > you mentioned areas HI Pat.. I am not sure of which port she entered. All I do know is she settled in Worcester, Mass. Do you happen to know if there was an age limit to those traveling... for instance if she was only 15 at the time was she allowed to travel alone? Or would she perhaps have to lie about her age to be able to travel across seas? thanks leigh

> > >I am not sure of which port she entered. All I do know is she settled in >Worcester, Mass. > I don't know if it was this list or the NY Irish list that we got into this last week. It is hard to figure out the port, Boston would be the logical place to start looking but...who really knows. That is why I recommend you find their naturalization papers first because the *sometimes* say which port the entered. >Do you happen to know if there was an age limit to those traveling... for >instance if she was only 15 at the time was she allowed to travel alone? Or would >she perhaps have to lie about her age to be able to travel across seas? > I don't think there was, my ggrandmother's brother traveled alone at 13 years....but he could have been with a relative with a different name or a close friend and I couldn't tell just by looking at the passenger records. I have seen some real young girls and boys who look like they were on their own when I have searched passenger records. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton