Hi Listers, I am joining the list again temporarily to tell you that I have completed the admission records for the public hospital (Charity Hospital) for the months of July and August 1851 in New Orleans.  As I have told the list on previous occasions, New Orleans was one of the largest points of entry for the Irish into the United States.  Because of its location on the Mississippi River, the Irish who came to the US through the Port of New Orleans had access to cities further upriver, and cities on the Ohio and Missouri Rivers, such as St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Louisville. The public hospital admissions were mainly Irish who could not afford to pay for private medical care.  July and August were especially bad.  At that time, New Orleans was little more than a large swamp, and the summer months with all the rain an humidity were ideal for breeding mosquitos which carried many types of diseases.  In fact, many of the Irish were imported to New Orleans in the mid 1800s to drain the swamps to provide more habitable land.  A slave was worth money, so the worthless Irish were used by the thousans instead.  Many worked digging drainage canals filled with mosquitos - some were buried into the walls of the canals right where they dropped dead. In the past, I have posted the names of the patients from this county on this list, just in case anyone sees someone they recognize.  In my opinion, these hospital lists are some of the most uner-appreciate sources of genealogical information there are. If you see someone on the list you'd like to know more about, please visit the web sites for July and August 1851 on the Orleans Parish (New Orleans) rootsweb site at: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chajul51.txt">ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chajul51.txt</A> and <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chaaug51.txt">ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chaaug51.txt</A> If these links stretch over two lines, you will have to type them into your browser by hand.  Else, you could go to the homepage and follow the links under hospital records.  The homepage is located at: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm">Orleans Parish Archives</A> or <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm</A> If the links don't work, please type them in by hand into your browser. Here are the names from Co. Meath in the July and August 1851 Charity Hospital admission records for New Orleans.  Please ignore any references to See such and such a page - or the marks *^~ by some of the names.  The former just mean the person was in the hospital at some earlier time, and you should check the records for more info on the earlier date.  The latter marks are footnotes relating to the admission. Admission Date, Date of Death, Date of Discharge, Ward, Name, Occupation, Age 3-Jul -- 26-Jul 32 Garrett Lynch Laborer 37 3-Jul 11-Jul -- 34 Mary Hanley 50 5-Jul -- 7-Jul 23 Morris Riley Laborer 21 5-Jul -- 26-Aug 31 Michael Campbell Laborer 30 9-Jul -- 14-Nov 34 Catharine Kelly 20 11-Jul -- 17-Jul 36 Mary Ganty 22 12-Jul -- 20-Jul 8 John Finnegan Laborer 34 12-Jul 15-Jul -- 34 Mary Toy born Flanneghan 19 13-Jul -- 17-Jul 12 John, or James Rowe (sic)* 30 14-Jul -- 28-Jul 36 Bridget McAnally born Kelly 28 15-Jul -- 24-Jul 30 Bryan McCann Laborer 32 18-Jul -- 16-Aug 6 Owen O'Neil Laborer 33 18-Jul 19-Jul -- 21 William Swift Laborer 35 19-Jul -- 23-Jul 3 Bernard Riley Bricklayer 28 20-Jul -- 28-Jul 32 John Connelly 24 21-Jul -- 1-Aug 36 Susanne Holmes 48 22-Jul -- 25-Jul 28 Thomas Fallon Laborer 23 24-Jul -- 2-Aug 24 Thomas Caffrey Laborer 17 28-Jul -- 11-Aug 36 Mary Barns 16 28-Jul -- 16-Aug 37 Mary Roarke born Dunnigan 25 28-Jul -- 8-Sep 7 Henry Hopkins Laborer 25 29-Jul -- 4-Aug 37 Bridget Evers born Tormey 35 29-Jul -- 4-Aug 28 Myles Riley Laborer 21 31-Jul -- 3-Aug 21 Michael Smith 23 31-Jul -- 15-Aug 3 Michael Hogan Dealer in Corn Meal 38 5-Aug -- 9-Aug 34 Elizabeth Caffrey 18 5-Aug -- 15-Sep 12 Owen Caffrey See page 193.**** 25 7-Aug -- 14-Aug 13 Owen Blaney Laborer 23 10-Aug -- 14-Aug 34 Carolina Davis 19 11-Aug 20-Aug -- 29 John Farrell Laborer 24 12-Aug -- 18-Aug 24 Owen Duff 28 12-Aug -- 20-Aug Cells Hugh Powderly Laborer 35 13-Aug -- 13-Aug 12 Richard Hanerty Bar Keeper 35 13-Aug -- 17-Aug 3 James Condlan 26 14-Aug -- 18-Aug 28 Thos Yore Laborer 24 14-Aug -- 29-Aug 31 Patrick Reynolds Wheelwright 25 15-Aug -- 19-Aug 34 Bridget Sullivan 16 15-Aug -- 26-Aug 16 Philipp Martin Laborer 26 16-Aug -- 17-Aug 15 Patrick Furley Laborer 20 16-Aug -- 15-Sep 27 James Lynch Laborer 39 18-Aug -- 20-Aug 37 Catharine Maginnis born Morgan 23 18-Aug -- 20-Aug 15 Michael Moungay Laborer 24 18-Aug -- 20-Aug 34 Bridget Flood 16 19-Aug -- 2-Sep 13 Thos Caffrey See Page 220.^^^^ 17 20-Aug -- 22-Aug 3 Charles Brannan Laborer 32 20-Aug -- 24-Aug 1 Matthew Levy St Btman 45 21-Aug -- 13-Oct 34 Jane Cassidy 40 22-Aug -- 23-Aug 29 Thomas Flemming Laborer 22 22-Aug -- 9-Feb-52 34 Mary O'Rourke 25 23-Aug -- 27-Aug 25 Bryan Gibney Laborer 34 23-Aug -- 31-Aug 6 Bryan Riley Laborer 30 24-Aug -- 27-Nov 29 Patrick Murphy Laborer 28 25-Aug -- 27-Aug 17 James C. Calloway Laborer 27 25-Aug -- 1-Sep 35 Mary Malone born Carroll 24 25-Aug -- 3-Sep 19 Christy Hoey Laborer 25 25-Aug -- 15-Sep 9 John Tully Laborer 30 25-Aug -- 22-Sep 31 William Bradley Gardener 40 26-Aug -- 28-Aug 12 John Paul Laborer 35 26-Aug -- 30-Aug 22 Peter Cullighan Laborer 28 27-Aug -- 18-Sep 28 Thos Fallon Laborer 28 28-Aug -- 4-Sep 3 James Barrett Laborer 30 28-Aug 16-Sep -- 13 Patrick Bryan Laborer 30 30-Aug 8-Sep -- 16 Matthew McCabe Laborer 37 While you are at it, please check out our site.  Over the last three years, we have posted all the birth, marriage, and death indexes for Orleans Parish (New Orleans) held at the State Archives in Baton Rouge, LA.  We figured this out as 2.2 million names.  We also have complete city directories onlin, listed by name and then separately by address.  We have over ten thousand obits, lists of victims of yellow fever epidemics, cemetery records, and much more. Happy Hunting. Colleen Fitzpatrick Orleans Parish (New Orleans) Rootsweb CoCoordinator <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm">Orleans Parish Archives</A>