Hi Kim IN MY OPINION it would seem that the Place of Birth for many of the Emigrants who left Ireland in the 17 & 1800's to travel to other countries was given as IRELAND. Researchers of our time are looking at the Port of Embarkation to try and establish where people came from and because of the lack of accurate information obtained by the authorities at the Port of Disembarkation (Arrival) they had very little to go on and rightly or wrongly assumed that the Port of Embarkation was their Birth Place. We also have to look at the possibility that peoples accents from what ever country they came from caused problems, along with the spelling of Irish Village and Town names. The authorities probably didn't have the time to get the proper spelling of a place name and if the person happened to be illiterate as well the authorities probably went for the easy option which was the word IRELAND. It seems to me and from my own research that people travelled long distance's to get to a port of embarkation which was not necessarily the one nearest to their home. Several members of my family travelled around Ireland during the 1800's and I am having great difficulty tracking them down. So you can imagine what it must be like for other researchers if their ancestors went abroad. To date I have only been able to trace one of my travelling ancestors who left Ireland in this way and that was my Great Aunt Hannah BRENNAN who went to India to become a Nun. I still don't know what ship she sailed on or what port she left from but I have everything else about her including a photo of her Headstone in Lucknow, India. If your James BRENNAN is one and the same person that I am looking for his fathers name was William BRENNAN and he was born in Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois. IRL in the mid 1800's. If anyone has any comments to make on this subject I am sure we would love to hear from you what ever they may be. It must be so frustrating for people who are trying to research their Irish ancestors if all they have to go on is 'They came from IRELAND'? That's like asking someone in America or any other large country the question; 'Can anyone tell me where my Great Grandfather JOHN SMITH was born in ENGLAND?' Sorry I can't be of more help but I will keep looking. Good Luck Also researching the following members of my family: All descendants of William Brennan (c1800's) of Ballickmoyler or Arless, Co. Laois. IRL Moran & Lalor/Lawler/Lawlor; Arless Co. Laois. IRL Kelly/Carter; Ardateggle, Co. Laois. IRL Bulger/Bolger/Brennan; Dublin City. IRL Boran, Wall & Ryan from Arless, Co. Laois. IRL Brennan, James; Co. Meath, Ireland Brennan, Martin; 1963, Belfast, NI Michael Brennan Kent England Home: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kimb9758@aol.com> To: <BRENNAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 8:13 PM Subject: [Brennan] Re: BRENNAN-D Digest V00 #191 > In a message dated 10/25/2000 11:37:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > BRENNAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > Michael Brennan - I am also searching for a James Brennan who immigrated to > Canada with his parents and wife Margaret Anna Ward in about 1844/1847. My > James was born about 1812 and rumor says Cork but have not been able to find > anything. Connections? > > << Brennan, James; Co. Meath, Ireland >> > Kim Brennan > Beautiful Northern Michigan > > > ==== BRENNAN Mailing List ==== > Great Brennan Sites! > Brennans of Idough: http://hometown.aol.com/jmbrennan/brennan/index.htm > Brennans of Connaught: http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/brennan/ > Brennans of Kilkenny: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/brennansofkilkenny > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >