The shanty Irish from which I'm descended, Jack, probably couldn't afford a safety deposit box. And they probably didn't have them in the small towns on the western frontier where the adventuresome settled. But for those of you who aren't familiar with the Emigrant Savings Bank records, if you have relatives that lived for a time in New York City, they might be something for you to check out. Their records are on microfilm of the transactions between depositors who wanted to send money to Ireland to relatives so that they might be able to emigrate. The records often include the U.S. and Irish addresses. Ray Marshall in hot, humid, sticky and sweltering Minneapolis -----Original Message----- From: John L. Sweeney [mailto:sweelab@enter.net] Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 9:26 AM To: Ray Marshall Cc: irl-kerry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Bad news, Kerry researchers! Good Morning Ray et al: The EWTN program presented [evidently] part of the explanation for the difficulties of contemporary family history searchers. Of course the behavior of our ancestors were influenced by the personalities and character of the original residents of the places those Kerryfolk made their "American home". Connecticut's original residents were solid Yankees [not The Bronx sort] and they originated the use of flammable storage places that must be esthetically pleasing to the eye and indicative of superior status. Wanting to "fit in" the Kerryfolk adopted the impractical habits and timeless delusions of their new Connecticut neighbors. Of course the Kerryfolk who settled in New York City had the example of resident New Yorkers who used various bank services. Thus, The Emigrant Savings Bank's safety deposit box vaults was the repository of matter deemed to be important to save, safely. It seemed apt to throw in a bit of clarification for our "AU & NZ" brothers and sisters. Love, Jack Sweeney in bright & cool Palmer, Pennsylvania.