It's hard to make any statement at all that is "necessarily" true. However, I stand by statement as reasonable inference, given the observable facts. Canadian arrival--in the pre-Famine era, most likely predominantly through Montreal, given the locations of Longford-connected Irish immigrant communities in 1842--is a very strong possibility for this particular class of immigrants that researchers might like to take into consideration. (Since there were no communities in New England canvassed for donations other thean Boston, Bridgeport, and Providence, for which Boston and New York arrivals would have been the most likely, Canadian Maritime-province arrivals appear to have been much less common for these immigrants.) Nancy Gray -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 4:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LONGFORD] Re: Subject: Former Longford residents already in the Unitied States by 1842 >>>The presence of Irish communities of this sort in places like Detroit, Rochester, Utica, and Buffalo, as well as in Canadian communities, suggests that many of those immigrants had come via Canada; they are therefore unlikely to appear on shipping lists.<<< This isn't neccessarily so - my gr-grandparents came from Longford to Buffalo. They arrived in New York, with several of her siblings. My gr-grandmother's sisters' families stayed in New Jersey. Two brothers went further west to Chicago. All of them arrived in New York. Kathy ==== IRL-LONGFORD Mailing List ==== ~An old broom knows the dirty corners best.~