I for one would love to hear more detail Marilyn, if it's OK with the List Admin. Old diaries are one of our most important tools for building up the background picture of our ancestors. Cheers Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: <MSiperek@aol.com> To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 1:27 AM Subject: Re: [CLARE] emigrant ship questions > I know this response is delayed but I wanted to add some first hand > information on ship travel during the 1819-1822. I have some correspondence from an > ancestor who was a ship mate on a variety of ships traveling to and from > Scotland, Ireland and US and Canada. I cannot transcribe these letters or scan