Nancy, I don't know that I will be much help to you. I have an ancestor who was born in Nova Scotia in about 1830 and immigrated to Massachusetts. I found 3 of her siblings also born in Nova Scotia anywhere from 1828 to 1835 and immigrated to Massachustts. All of them give their parents place of birth as Ireland. So far I have been unable to get any information on the parents other then their names. There are no official records from that time but there may be church records. I was advised to look at the Cape Bretton genealogical society website. Occasionally they have 3 day periods where you can use their site for free. You may want to try that website (I googled it) I did that but so far have been unable to find my BALDWIN family. This search fhas been complicated by the fact that they reported to be from Sydney and during that time period what is now Guyborough county was back then named County Sydney, so I do not know if I should look in the city of Sydney or in the county of Guysborough! Best of luck on your search! Cheryl researching BALDWIN, TRACEY from Nova Scotia, Ireland and Massachusetts. other names of interest McLAUGHLIN, County Down Ireland, CROWLEY, County Waterford,DINAN, county Cork > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:48:57 -0500 > From: Nancy Foster <kippenberg@peoplepc.com> > Subject: [NS-L] MULLENS - from Ireland to Nova Scotia to US 1825-1835 > To: nova-scotia@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.1.20070425193244.02d8fc30@mail.peoplepc.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > I have recently discovered that some of my Irish ancestors did not > directly > immigrate to the States. John MULLEN (1794-1863) and his wife Margaret > (1810-1877) were both born in Ireland. The first record I have found of > them is when Margaret arrived in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1835 with > her > three oldest boys: James, born 1827; William, born about 1831; and Moses, > born about 1833. I had thought the boys were all born in Ireland, but in > looking at later censuses, all of them gave their birth places as Nova > Scotia or English Canada. When Margaret arrived in Rhode Island, the > passenger list stated that she and the boys were from Pictou. I do not > know if this is where they had been living or is just a port of departure. > > With so little information to go on, a fairly common Irish surname, and > this early time frame, is there any sort of documentation I might be able > to find. Are there any passenger lists to or from Pictou during these > years? Are there any birth or baptismal records available? Would the > Catholic church have any information from this time period? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. This family has been difficult to > track because they have moved a number of times. I am trying to find > where > they came from in Ireland and when and where they lived in Canada before > they came to the States. > > Nancy > > > >

Cheryl Pictou is generally not a port of entry for immigrants to Canada. Halifax or St. John would be. The only major immigrant ship to Pictou that comes to mind was the Hector which brought Scottish immigrants but that was probably much earlier than most Irish immigration. This would lead me to conclude that your Mullans had settled in Pictou for a time and perhaps you could do more searching in that area. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Dynan" <cdynan@rcn.com> To: <nova-scotia@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Nancy Foster" <kippenberg@peoplepc.com> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [NS-L] IRELAND to NOVA-SCOTIA > Nancy, > I don't know that I will be much help to you. I have an ancestor who > was > born in Nova Scotia in about 1830 and immigrated to Massachusetts. I found > 3 > of her siblings also born in Nova Scotia anywhere from 1828 to 1835 and > immigrated to Massachustts. All of them give their parents place of birth > as > Ireland. So far I have been unable to get any information on the parents > other then their names. There are no official records from that time but > there may be church records. I was advised to look at the Cape Bretton > genealogical society website. Occasionally they have 3 day periods where > you > can use their site for free. You may want to try that website (I googled > it) > I did that but so far have been unable to find my BALDWIN family. This > search fhas been complicated by the fact that they reported to be from > Sydney and during that time period what is now Guyborough county was back > then named County Sydney, so I do not know if I should look in the city of > Sydney or in the county of Guysborough! Best of luck on your search! > Cheryl > researching BALDWIN, TRACEY from Nova Scotia, Ireland and Massachusetts. > other names of interest McLAUGHLIN, County Down Ireland, CROWLEY, County > Waterford,DINAN, county Cork >> Message: 7 >> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:48:57 -0500 >> From: Nancy Foster <kippenberg@peoplepc.com> >> Subject: [NS-L] MULLENS - from Ireland to Nova Scotia to US 1825-1835 >> To: nova-scotia@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.1.20070425193244.02d8fc30@mail.peoplepc.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >> >> I have recently discovered that some of my Irish ancestors did not >> directly >> immigrate to the States. John MULLEN (1794-1863) and his wife Margaret >> (1810-1877) were both born in Ireland. The first record I have found of >> them is when Margaret arrived in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1835 with >> her >> three oldest boys: James, born 1827; William, born about 1831; and Moses, >> born about 1833. I had thought the boys were all born in Ireland, but in >> looking at later censuses, all of them gave their birth places as Nova >> Scotia or English Canada. When Margaret arrived in Rhode Island, the >> passenger list stated that she and the boys were from Pictou. I do not >> know if this is where they had been living or is just a port of >> departure. >> >> With so little information to go on, a fairly common Irish surname, and >> this early time frame, is there any sort of documentation I might be able >> to find. Are there any passenger lists to or from Pictou during these >> years? Are there any birth or baptismal records available? Would the >> Catholic church have any information from this time period? >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. This family has been difficult to >> track because they have moved a number of times. I am trying to find >> where >> they came from in Ireland and when and where they lived in Canada before >> they came to the States. >> >> Nancy >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Paul Lalonde wrote: > Cheryl > > Pictou is generally not a port of entry for immigrants to Canada. The may be true today. We cannot say say that for the early 1800s. My ggps came from Scotland to Cape Breton around 1842, there is no record of when or where they left from and arrived. After the early 1600s there was no requirement for any record of people sailing from Grate Britain to America. Until the Revolution almost all the colonies in what is now Canada and the USA were part of Britain. There was no more need to have a passenger list for these voyages than for a voyage from Charlottetown to Quebec or Montreal or from Boston to New York or New York to San Francisco. > Halifax > or St. John would be. The only major immigrant ship to Pictou that comes to > mind was the Hector which brought Scottish immigrants but that was probably > much earlier than most Irish immigration. This would lead me to conclude > that your Mullans had settled in Pictou for a time and perhaps you could do > more searching in that area.