Hi List, There have been a few queries recently about immigration, so I thought I'd mention the following publication which is now on the shelves at the Clare Library Local Studies Centre: "To and from Ireland: planned migration schemes, c. 1600 - 2000" edited by Patrick J. Duffy (Dublin: Geography Publications, 2004) http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/local-studies/recent_additions.htm Personally, I am hoping it will answer some of those questions about how assisted immigrants travelled from their home to their port of departure (in my case, in England), but I don't know as yet. Cheers, Jo Mitchell Geelong, Australia http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurches/index.html

Jo and Mary Ellen, Thank you so much for your responding to my questions. Really appreciate your suggestions and insights. Am hitting the bookstores and local libraries today. One work that I think is very useful in understanding the impact of Irish-Scottish-English-Welch-Cornish cultures on the development of American culture is David Hackett Smith's Albion's Seed. He is a social historian, thus the perspective is more anthropological than political or economic, and he writes extremely well. Wondered if there is a comparable web site for Irish women who became nuns in the States? One of my great grandmother's sisters entered a covenant in Washington D.C. She did china painting and I am the fortunate holder of several of her pieces. Thanks again Jo, Mary Ellen and other listers for the continually interesting and informative discussion. Kerry McGrath Iowa ----- Original Message ----- From: Joanne Mitchell<mailto:jomitch@ncable.net.au> To: IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:27 PM Subject: [CLARE] Irish immigration Hi List, There have been a few queries recently about immigration, so I thought I'd mention the following publication which is now on the shelves at the Clare Library Local Studies Centre: "To and from Ireland: planned migration schemes, c. 1600 - 2000" edited by Patrick J. Duffy (Dublin: Geography Publications, 2004) http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/local-studies/recent_additions.htm<http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/local-studies/recent_additions.htm> Personally, I am hoping it will answer some of those questions about how assisted immigrants travelled from their home to their port of departure (in my case, in England), but I don't know as yet. Cheers, Jo Mitchell Geelong, Australia http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurches/index.html<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurches/index.html> ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== If you just want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to IRL-CLARE-L-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:IRL-CLARE-L-request@rootsweb.com> or (for the digest list) IRL-CLARE-D-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:IRL-CLARE-D-request@rootsweb.com> and put the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx>