--part1_ae.b04c8ce.2705365a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Is there a web address with more information about Irish immigrants? There was one posted on this list I think but I've since lost it. Thanks, Kathy --part1_ae.b04c8ce.2705365a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <NEWGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb03.mx.aol.com (rly-zb03.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.3]) by air-zb01.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.3) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:21:45 -0400 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-zb03.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:20:50 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e8S0D1v06306; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:13:01 -0700 Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:13:01 -0700 X-Original-Sender: pavia@futureone.com Wed Sep 27 17:13:00 2000 Message-ID: <00bd01c028d9$a264c060$86a8d2d1@futureone.com> From: "Sally Pavia" <pavia@futureone.com> Old-To: "WVGS Mailing List" <AZ-WESTVALLEYGENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:21:13 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Subject: [NEWGEN] Great Potato Famine in Ireland Resent-Message-ID: <l4K49.A.WiB.N0o05@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/23706 X-Loop: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NEWGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com Research in Ireland Potato Famine reprinted with permission of Jeannette Holland Austin, Editor of Expert Genealogy The Great Famine in Ireland was caused primarily by the crop failure about 1845. Prior to that time, there had been other crop failures, as well as other disasters, which affected the Irish economy. For one thing, between 1740 and 1741, there was a very high mortality rate. Again, in 1800, and between 1816- 1819. Prior to 1815 the Irish people depended on their crop of potatoes as a mainstay; income from this source was used to purchase other other foodstuffs. Another major crop was wheat. As the English purchased food from the Irish, the economy prospered. During wartime, there was a demand on the Irish economy, and when they ended, Ireland's economy was affected. Between 1830 and 1831 there was a European-wide famine. Among the problems, was that for decades the common Irish people failed to conform with their landlords, and overseers. The Irish planted potatoes on small plots, using the money from cash crops to pay landlords. By 1841 the population of Ireland was 8 million, and more than two-thirds of the population were dependant upon the potato crop . Others wer engaged in Industrials and manufacturing. In November of 1845, as the newspapers reported famine and starvation, the Prime Minister of England took action to cure the problem by purchasing 10