Hi, I'm a newby when it comes to Irish genealogy but I'm sure most of you have noticed that. :-) My newest question is this: Did the Irish coming into the States during the famine years all come into New York? My Sullivans first turn up in Massachusetts. They don't show up on any of the census reports prior to 1860. They (Patrick Sullivan and Hannah Wallace) were married in Newburyport on 27 Oct 1855 which would have been after the famine years so I'm not sure if they left during the famine or not. It's also stated (1860 census) that their first child was born in Vermont in 1856. I checked the famine passenger lists coming into New York and they weren't on it. Are there other online passenger lists? Specifically coming into Massachusetts? Thanks for your patience, Stay well, stay safe, and may you always have enough, Chris

Just learned that I haven't been able to find them on any earlier census reports could be because HeritageQuest doesn't have those indexed. MARY THOMAS <coloknight@verizon.net> wrote: My Sullivans first turn up in Massachusetts. They don't show up on any of the census reports prior to 1860. They (Patrick Sullivan and Hannah Wallace) were married in Newburyport on 27 Oct 1855 . It's also stated (1860 census) that their first child was born in Vermont in 1856. Stay well, stay safe, and may you always have enough, Chris

Try going to the Mass. Archives -they are putting passenger lists on line, little by little. Also go to NARA -they have lists of immigrant ships as well. A third place is the Ship Transcriber's Guild -you can search by name, year, or port. You may come across something on one of these - also, right now (until Oct. 4th), Olive Tree has a free link to the Ancestry lists for Boston and New York. Just remember to bookmark the page after you use it once, or you'll not be able to get back to it. The instructions are all there. Good luck, Ann