According to Amazon.ca there are three separate volumes of Erin's Sons. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> To: <nfld-lab@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:15 AM Subject: Re: [NFLD-LAB] Erin's sons : Irish arrivals in Atlantic Canada,1761-1853 > Hello, > > I've heard about the book, "Erin's Sons ....," several times during the > summer. I have 3 sets of ancestors who had a connection to Canada, but > only one set which came from Ireland to Canada. It was a KERR / > HENDERSON family-group which left Ireland in 1823. They went to the > Prov. > of Quebec. I was wondering if anyone has looked at the book and found > it a good book to purchase. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > (My other great-grandparents were "British Home Children" arriving in > Nova > Scotia in 1874. The LEWIS / CORKILL couple had come from Liverpool, > England, where they had been born ~1860.) > > (Another great-grandfather had a grandfather who was born in New Brunswick > in 1799.) (Most of the rest of my ancestors can be traced back to the > 1600's in the MA Bay Colony.) (Except for a HANNAH / RITCHIE couple, > born > Ireland married in Scotland and left there in 1857 for Massachusetts.) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rae Martin" <sunshine@iaw.on.ca> > To: "Judy Picard" <judypicard@yahoo.com>; <nfld-lab@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: [NFLD-LAB] Erin's sons : Irish arrivals in Atlantic > Canada,1761-1853 > > >> Hi Judy >> >> I have a cd for the BMD's, 1810 - 1890. There is a Thomas Furlong who >> died Oct 5, 1878 at 80 years old. >> >> Here is the information it gives: >> Age 80 years old >> Event Address: Carbonear, Conception Bay >> Death >> Reference Date 1: Sat. Oct 5, 1878 >> Source: Harbor Grace Standard (also known as Standard & Conception Bay >> Advertiser) 1859 - 1936) >> Deceased was a native of Wexford, Ireland. >> >> I don't know if this really helps you but I thought the fact that it gave >> his birthplace as Wexford, Ireland that maybe this might be of some >> assistance??? >> >> All the best, >> Rae Martin, >> Niagara Falls, Ontario >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NFLD-LAB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >