The NYG&B did an article on the Emigrant Savings Bank Records. You can find it at this link: http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle& artid=70 >>>by Suzanne McVetty, C.G. Originally published in The NYG&B Newsletter, Winter 1998 Ann (Dillon) (Jennings) Prendergast was born in County Galway, Ireland, and resided with her family in Mount Mary in Galway. Sometime before 1852, Ann's parents, Robert Dillon and Ann Kelly, passed away, leaving four children. Ann's brother John remained in Ireland as did her sister Elizabeth, while her sister Jane lived in New York. It is very possible that Jane, following the Irish pattern of chain migration, helped her sister Ann by sending funds to pay her passage to America. Chain migration refers to the Irish custom of sending funds back to Ireland to pay the passage for the next to come over.>>>>