This book by Edwin C. Guillet published in 1937 by University of Toronto Press, Toronto,(no ISBN #) Canada, provides a great insight about conditions encountered by emigrants as they crossed from Ireland to North America. Some shocking conditions on board overcrowded ships prevailed; and also on arrival when many were robbed of their meagre belongs or charged extravagant rent in dilapidated slums and whore houses, especially during the great famine years. It has many illustrations, too. If your local library doesn't have it, they might be able to get it by inter-loan. Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

I have run into the fact that there were 2 "Great Migrations" in my family to Canada. The first was in the 1820-1835 period, when one side of my family immigrated and they all settled in Quebec and intermarried with other Irish. The second was the 1847-1852 more common period during the famine years and interestingly enough they immigrated to Ontario. Perhaps Quebec was full by that time and land was more plentiful in Ontario. They appear to have been mostly from County Clare and again, all intermarried with fellow Irishmen. Would anyone know of a particular reason in 1820-1835 why there would have been a large migration and what particular part of the country they may have been from, as the Quebec records from then are meager. Thanks, Diane

Thanks Paddy >From: "Padraig Mor O'Gealagain" <padraigogealagain@rogers.com> >Reply-To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com >To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com>, <irl-clare@rootsweb.com>, ><irl-cork@rootsweb.com>, <cotipperary@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Book - "The Great Migration" >Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:52:26 -0500 > >This book by Edwin C. Guillet published in 1937 by University of Toronto >Press, Toronto,(no ISBN #) Canada, provides a great insight about >conditions >encountered by emigrants as they crossed from Ireland to North America. >Some >shocking conditions on board overcrowded ships prevailed; and also on >arrival when many were robbed of their meagre belongs or charged >extravagant >rent in dilapidated slums and whore houses, especially during the great >famine years. It has many illustrations, too. > >If your local library doesn't have it, they might be able to get it by >inter-loan. > >Pádraig Mór >An Sean Gabhar > > ***** Reply to List Only Please ***** > > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Share your latest news with your friends with the Windows Live Spaces friends module. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk