For those interested in reading about ship voyages to America and the conditions on such, during the 19th century..(citing some particulars about pre and post famine ships from Liverpool and Queenstown)...the 'Making of America' site always you to read their collection of books online. I've not had the time to fully explore the site but did find the following to be of interest to the Irish American researcher. Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New York. By Friedrich Kapp ..., Kapp, Friedrich, 1824-1884. I'm sure there is more to find as the Table of contents shows-The Inland Voyage and Booking of Passengers in Europe; The Sufferings of Emmigrants While at Sea; Ward's Island; Castle Garden etc etc The following links will take you to one which details the Castle Garden experience-Chapter VI which is most enlightning as well as the chapter "Sea Voyage" which gives the particulars (not passenger's names) of more than a few ships from Liverpool and Queenstown (page 35 or so) Following page 108 is a sketch of Castle Garden. http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/terms.html New York (State) -- Emigration and immigration. If anyone find's anything more of interest I'd be happy to hear about it... Good reading, Nancy NYC Irish Research Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nyirish/research.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com