Hi Linda, There were plent of ships leaving the west coast for the USA at that time.I'm afraid there aren't any sources to check on this.Co mayo today is a 4-5 hour car journey. As this was the time of the famine I find it hard to believe they would travel to Co cork unless they were a family of means. Best regards Kevin. > > Does anyone know if there were great numbers of families that left County Mayo for County Cork in the period between say 1840 and 1850? Would families from County Mayo go to County Cork to leave from Ireland to go to the US? Are there any sources I could search to find out about this? > Linda Rooney Hess > > > --------------------------------- > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > www.ancestralservices.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts