Thank you, Pat, Unfortunately, mine is not there. I will have to dig through my old records because I know I had some of it years ago. Mary Mary Nigro [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Pat Connors <[email protected]> To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, May 26, 2012 12:08 pm Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC, naturalization records Mary, you might try looking at the Troy section of my website. I have quite a few transcribed and online. Does anyone know if the petitions for naturalizations and the official > naturalization papers have been transcribed to our list. I am looking for > those from the 1840s and 1850s from Troy. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have updated three interactive record bases (in subject) on the Troy section of my website. Please check your submissions to make sure I got the data correct. If I made any mistakes, or if you want to change some of your data/email address, send a new form and put CHANGE in the field needing change. Don't for get to fill in the Name fields so I can find where you want to make the changes. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Mary, you might try looking at the Troy section of my website. I have quite a few transcribed and online. Does anyone know if the petitions for naturalizations and the official > naturalization papers have been transcribed to our list. I am looking for > those from the 1840s and 1850s from Troy. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Dear All, Does anyone know if the petitions for naturalizations and the official naturalization papers have been transcribed to our list. I am looking for those from the 1840s and 1850s from Troy. Thanks! Mary McAuliffe Nigro Mary Nigro [email protected]

I am trying to find out information about my 3rd great grandparents, John Emmerson and his wife Mary Burney / Berny / Burnett, and their first child, Mary T. Emmerson who was born around 1846 in Troy. I do not know if John and Mary were married in Ireland or if they met and married after coming to America. By 1850 the family had moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Any leads would be deeply appreciated. LW

Hello Alison: The tour brochure is 4 pages long. The reservation form is on the 4th page. You have to keep advancing the pages. Hope this helps. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Coleman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] 2012 Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway Tours > Bill, I am not seeing the reservation card on the website--could you be > more specific? Thanks, Alison > >

Bill, I am not seeing the reservation card on the website--could you be more specific? Thanks, Alison ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill & Cathy McGrath [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:53 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] 2012 Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway Tours The Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway Tour schedule has been announced for 2012. Complete descriptions for all the events/tours can be found on the Troy Irish Genealogy Website: www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ A Reservation Form for the tours is also provided on the TIGS website. Click on RESOURCES and then HUDSON MOHAWK INDUSTRIAL GATEWAY TOURS 2012. The Gateway's tours are designed to help educate the public about the rich and significant industrial heritage of the Hudson-Mohawk region, the Silicon Valley of the nineteenth century. See the TIGS website for a description of the following events/tours: June 2-3 - Apollo Lodge Masonic Civil War Encampment. June 13 - Troy Belting & Supply Company. June 20 - A Wednesday Walk-About in Downtown Troy. July 7 - The USS Monitor Bus Trip. August 7 - National Night Out at the Burden Museum. August 18-19 - Civil War Heritage Days at Schuyler Flatts. September 21-23 - Saratoga Springs Civil War Encampment. September 22 - Troy's Tiffany Treasures. September 26 - The Thirtieth anniversary of the Burden Iron Works Museum. October 25 - The Gateway's Annual Gala. November 10 - Origins of the Modern Horseshoe. It should be noted that the Troy's Tiffany Treasures tour is the most popular of the tours and always sells out early. Of interest also, is that two of the Tiffany tour locations are described in the Church Memorial and Family Name data base section on the TIGS website. They are the Julia Howard Bush Memorial Center (formerly the First Presbyterian Church) on the campus of the Russell Sage College and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Another tour location, St. John's Episcopal Church, will shortly be added to the Church Memorial data base on the TIGS website. Regards, Bill McGrath Clifton Park, NY . ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

List members may be interested in the following free program at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library. Bill McGrath Clifton Park, NY IRISH GENEALOGY PROGRAM Clifton Park -- Come to the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library on Tuesday, June 5 at 6:30 pm with your Irish genealogy questions. Lisa Dougherty, an expe- rienced researcher will be available to assist patrons with their Irish family re- search. Anyone who has an Irish ancestor in their family tree is usually eager to find out just where in Ireland they came from. This can be a very difficult task for researchers, given the limited information typically given in historic documents about Irish ances- tors, especially those of the famine era (1840's-1860's). This presentation will focus on sources to use here in the United States to help identify a place of origin for your Irish ancestor, and hopefully help further your research in Ire- land. Registration is request- ed. Register online, stop at the Welcome Desk or phone the library at 371-8622

I highly recommend the Tiffany Tour. It was fabulous! You will be amazed at the treasures you will view, and the information about these wonderful windows! Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill & Cathy McGrath" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:53 AM Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] 2012 Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway Tours > The Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway Tour schedule has been announced for > 2012. Complete descriptions for all the events/tours can be found on the > Troy Irish Genealogy Website: www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ A Reservation > Form for the tours is also provided on the TIGS website. > > Click on RESOURCES and then HUDSON MOHAWK INDUSTRIAL GATEWAY TOURS 2012. > The Gateway's tours are designed to help educate the public about the rich > and significant industrial heritage of the Hudson-Mohawk region, the > Silicon Valley of the nineteenth century. > > See the TIGS website for a description of the following events/tours: > > June 2-3 - Apollo Lodge Masonic Civil War Encampment. > > June 13 - Troy Belting & Supply Company. > > June 20 - A Wednesday Walk-About in Downtown Troy. > > July 7 - The USS Monitor Bus Trip. > > August 7 - National Night Out at the Burden Museum. > > August 18-19 - Civil War Heritage Days at Schuyler Flatts. > > September 21-23 - Saratoga Springs Civil War Encampment. > > September 22 - Troy's Tiffany Treasures. > > September 26 - The Thirtieth anniversary of the Burden Iron Works Museum. > > October 25 - The Gateway's Annual Gala. > > November 10 - Origins of the Modern Horseshoe. > > > It should be noted that the Troy's Tiffany Treasures tour is the most > popular of the tours and always sells out early. Of interest also, is > that two of the Tiffany tour locations are described in the Church > Memorial and Family Name data base section on the TIGS website. They are > the Julia Howard Bush Memorial Center (formerly the First Presbyterian > Church) on the campus of the Russell Sage College and St. Paul's Episcopal > Church. Another tour location, St. John's Episcopal Church, will shortly > be added to the Church Memorial data base on the TIGS website. > > Regards, > > Bill McGrath > Clifton Park, NY > > . > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway Tour schedule has been announced for 2012. Complete descriptions for all the events/tours can be found on the Troy Irish Genealogy Website: www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ A Reservation Form for the tours is also provided on the TIGS website. Click on RESOURCES and then HUDSON MOHAWK INDUSTRIAL GATEWAY TOURS 2012. The Gateway's tours are designed to help educate the public about the rich and significant industrial heritage of the Hudson-Mohawk region, the Silicon Valley of the nineteenth century. See the TIGS website for a description of the following events/tours: June 2-3 - Apollo Lodge Masonic Civil War Encampment. June 13 - Troy Belting & Supply Company. June 20 - A Wednesday Walk-About in Downtown Troy. July 7 - The USS Monitor Bus Trip. August 7 - National Night Out at the Burden Museum. August 18-19 - Civil War Heritage Days at Schuyler Flatts. September 21-23 - Saratoga Springs Civil War Encampment. September 22 - Troy's Tiffany Treasures. September 26 - The Thirtieth anniversary of the Burden Iron Works Museum. October 25 - The Gateway's Annual Gala. November 10 - Origins of the Modern Horseshoe. It should be noted that the Troy's Tiffany Treasures tour is the most popular of the tours and always sells out early. Of interest also, is that two of the Tiffany tour locations are described in the Church Memorial and Family Name data base section on the TIGS website. They are the Julia Howard Bush Memorial Center (formerly the First Presbyterian Church) on the campus of the Russell Sage College and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Another tour location, St. John's Episcopal Church, will shortly be added to the Church Memorial data base on the TIGS website. Regards, Bill McGrath Clifton Park, NY .

This was posted to the Irish-American mailing list today. Published in the Carloviana. January 1947. Vol 1. No. 1. p. 25 Contributed by Miss Mary Teresa Kelly. The present small collection of letters from America. written during the second half of the nineteenth century, makes an interesting contribution to the history of Irish emigration. The letters furnish first-hand information about the difficulties facing the Irish men and women who were compelled by the bitter hardships of the famine years to seek a new home in America. We have here some account of conditions aboard the emigrant ships of the dangers besetting the unwary on arrival in New York, of the type of work in which the emigrants were engaged and of their subsequent history. The writers of these letters cast back a wistful and tender glance to the land of their birth, but have no desire to return to it. In their new home they had opportunities for advancement hitherto undreamt of. Letters one and two were composed shortly after the writer's arrival in America; the third letter describes the progress made by the persons mentioned in the earlier letters twenty years later. The manuscripts of these letters are in the possession of Mrs. Kelly, Pollerton Little, Carlow, by whose kind permission they are reproduced here. ------------------------------ To (Widow) Catherine Nolan, Pollerton Co. Carlow, Ireland. Carlow Post. Albany. - March 12th. 1851. My Dear Aunt-I take this favourable opportunity of writing to you, hoping to find you and your family, in good health as this leaves us in at present- I thank God for it. I am now going to let you know the course of our voyage. When we came to Dublin we paid £20 for our passage from there to New York, got on board of the “Princess '' and came on to Liverpool. We got no delay in Liverpool but removed ' from the “Princess” to the ship “Albert Galattin,” - sailed out on the following day, the 17th of November, and remained on the river until the 20th and then went to sea and landed in New York on the 5th January. The Captain behaved very well to all his passengers but we had very stormy weather all through. There were 800 passengers on board. Out of them there did eight children die. None of us got any sickness but Denis and Margaret. They were sea-sick for 10 days. When we came to New York the river was frozen. Then we had to come to Albany by railroad which cost us of £6 5 shillings. We took a room by the month at 2½ dollars. Ann and Eleanor and Margaret got situations in short after coming here. Ann and Eleanor are in the city and Margaret is two miles out in the country. Denis is working with Thos. Redmond making boots. 1 got nothing to do until the 12th of February. I am working since then in a foundry at £1 British per week. I have very easy work and Thos. Young is clerk over the furnace. It was he got me in. My father and Patrick and Mary remain at home. I would have written sooner but I was waiting for a letter from Lewis Doyle. I received his letter and good encouragement to go there, we intend to go there in short. This is a good place for smart young boys and girls that wish to go in situations. Dear Aunt, I am not going to encourage you to come to this country, but neither will I discourage you. But l if you are coming to this country you will be aware not to bring silver as your shilling would be worth but 20 cents and your sovereigns is worth 4 dollars and 84 cents. A dollar is 8 shillings American coin and but 4 shillings and 2pence British. People may think that if they get safe through Liverpool they are all right, but I can 1 assure you that there is greater robberies done in New York on emigrants than there is in Liverpool, because they dont know, when they are getting change of a sovereign, whether they are getting their right or not. I thank God that we were cheated out of nothing. People should be aware not to take Dollar Bills in New York as there is a great deal of them bad. If you get silver they may cheat you, but the silver is good. The rates of provisions here are nearly the same as Ireland. Cashmeres and cloth, shawls and featherbeds and delph are very dear here. If you are coming here bring a Catholic Abridgement of the Christian Doctrine. Religion is carried on as well here as ever I saw in Ireland. My father and the children join with me in sending their love to you all. People agreeing for a second cabin passage are often taken in unless they agree for a poop cabin. If you come to Albany you will get tidings of me by application to Thos. Redmond of Canal Street, No. 117, Albany State, New York, or if you write to his care I will be sure to get it. Remember me to the Miss Keegans and Hugh Kelly and William Franwlin (and) to all enquiring friends. I now conclude as I am writing by the light of a lamp going to 11 o'clock at night.—Yours Truly, Michael Hogan -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

I certainly think people would enjoy the letters and appreciate the details of life described. Sent from my iPad On May 22, 2012, at 6:58 PM, Kevina Munnich <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Pat. They are so wonderful - first hand information that many of us > have missed in our family histories. Please thank him for sharing - in > case I don't connect. > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Pat Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Michael gave me to permission to share the letter on any list. He just >> wants to share all the resources he has with the rest of the world. Please >> mention his name, Michael Purcell, he lives in County Carlow and that he >> posted it to the Irish American mailing list (Rootsweb). I you don't >> belong to the list but would like to read some of his many posts, you can >> find them in the list's archive. The last couple of days, he posted a few >> letters to Ireland, one from PA which is extraordinary in it's description >> of the area, the weather, friends/relatives who went to CA, etc. I find >> them all wonderful reads. >> >> >> Do you think he might let other Irish (genealogy) groups see it? I would >>> love to share it. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Pat Connors, Sacramento CA >> http://www.connorsgenealogy.com >> ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== >> Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website >> for details: >> Troy Irish Genealogy Society >> www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enytigs/> >> Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

    Pat, Where can I view his stories? Thanks, Joan >________________________________ >From: Terry Bora <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:12 PM >Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] A letter from Albany to Ireland, 1852 > > >Pat, what a great letter.  Please let Mike Purcell know how much we've >enjoyed it. > >Terry > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat Connors" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:53 PM >Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] A letter from Albany to Ireland, 1852 > > >This was posted to the Irish-American mailing list by Mike Purcell who >lives in County Carlow in Ireland.  I have his permission to post it to >this mailing list.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. > > > > > > > >======= >Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.19680) >http://www.pctools.com/ >======= >===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== >Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**.  See the Website for details: >Troy Irish Genealogy Society >www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ >Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Pat, what a great letter. Please let Mike Purcell know how much we've enjoyed it. Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Connors" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:53 PM Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] A letter from Albany to Ireland, 1852 This was posted to the Irish-American mailing list by Mike Purcell who lives in County Carlow in Ireland. I have his permission to post it to this mailing list. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.19680) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

Thanks Pat. They are so wonderful - first hand information that many of us have missed in our family histories. Please thank him for sharing - in case I don't connect. On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Pat Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael gave me to permission to share the letter on any list. He just > wants to share all the resources he has with the rest of the world. Please > mention his name, Michael Purcell, he lives in County Carlow and that he > posted it to the Irish American mailing list (Rootsweb). I you don't > belong to the list but would like to read some of his many posts, you can > find them in the list's archive. The last couple of days, he posted a few > letters to Ireland, one from PA which is extraordinary in it's description > of the area, the weather, friends/relatives who went to CA, etc. I find > them all wonderful reads. > > > Do you think he might let other Irish (genealogy) groups see it? I would > > love to share it. > > > > > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enytigs/> > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Pat, Thank you for posting...a high school classmate of mine is the GGG-grandson of a Michael (1810-1870s) and Ellen Hogan in Albany. I am not sure if this is his family or not, but it does mention another Michael Hogan in the letter also. My classmate says his Michael was born in Galway or Roscommon, or near the border between them, but I dont remember him citing a source for that. There is also an Irish Relatives and Friends 1869 ad for a John Hogan son of Michael Hogan and Ellen Wheelihan from Ballymacwilliam, Cloyne, Co Cork, who left Albany in ca1856 and went to Chicago but my friend wasn't convinced this was his relations. I have forwarded it to him, and he is looking into it. Thanks!! best, Michael > Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 09:53:20 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] A letter from Albany to Ireland, 1852 > > This was posted to the Irish-American mailing list by Mike Purcell who > lives in County Carlow in Ireland. I have his permission to post it to > this mailing list. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. > > > Published by Mary Theresa Kelly in Carlovina 1947. > Letter from Michael Hogan > > Albany, New York, to his aunt, Catherine Nolan, Pollerton, Co. Carlow, 17 > March 1852 >b.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for posting that letter...a veritable treasure trove of information for those of us whose ancestors came from Ireland around this time....Margaret "Mimi" Coffey Nicotina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Connors" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:53 PM Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] A letter from Albany to Ireland, 1852 This was posted to the Irish-American mailing list by Mike Purcell who lives in County Carlow in Ireland. I have his permission to post it to this mailing list. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Published by Mary Theresa Kelly in Carlovina 1947. Letter from Michael Hogan Albany, New York, to his aunt, Catherine Nolan, Pollerton, Co. Carlow, 17 March 1852 Dear Aunt, I take this opportunity of writing these few lines to you hoping to find you and your family in good health as this leaves us all in good health at present. I thank God for his mercies to us all. I received a letter from Patrick Kelly on the 24th of December ‘51 which gave us all great pleasure to find that all friends were well. We were sorry to hear of my grandmother’s death but yet thankful to God for taking her out of this wicked world. He gave me to understand that you had not received any letter from me since I came to America. However you were the first I wrote to after I arrived on the lands of liberty. I often wondered that I was getting no answer from you. I have had the opportunity of seeing the New York steamboats landing at the wharf of Albany during last spring. I often gazed on the passengers in hopes of seeing you till at length I met with my cousin Michael Hogan and a good many of my old school fellows along with him. He told me that you had adjourned coming to America. My dear friends I will now let you know how we are situated at present. By the interest of Mr. Thomas Young I got a situation on the 12th of February 1851 which I occupy up to this time. My wages are 6 dollars a week from the 1st of April until the 1st of January. The following three months I get 4 dollars per week. I board myself. My work is but 10 hours in the day. Denny is working at boot and shoe making since we came here with the exception of four months which he worked in a foundry last summer. Patrick is idle at present but I expect to get him work in a few days. As the girls, Mary and Ann and Margaret are in good situations in the city, and Elener is learning the tailoress trade. As to my father, he is getting as good health as ever he did at home. I would have wrote to you sooner but waiting for a letter from Lewis Doyle which I received a few days past. They are all well and I think doing well. He tells me that he sold his farm and stock last fall and bought a property in the city of Monroe and is living there. Thomas is a clerk for a merchant. John is likewise in a situation but is going to resign to go to California. Lewis is teaching in a district school and Michael has a team and wagon and is working with it in the city. A team is two horses. Timothy and Ann is going to school and Mary is at home. My aunt requests of me to let her know how her sister Elenor is and Luke Kavanagh’s family. You will be pleased to know how they are. It was not want of money caused us to stop in Albany, but when we landed here, it was too expensive to travel as there was no way of travelling but by railroad. Lewis Doyle gave us good encouragement to go up to them, but yet as we were all in situations, by the time navigation opened we thought better to stop for some time. I would not encourage any person to come here that could live middling well at home as they might meet with many difficulties by coming here but any boy or girl that has to labor for their living, this is the country for them. Boys living with farmers can get from 20 to 30 British pounds per year. Girls can get from 8 to 14 pounds per year according as they understand their business. Winter is a bad time for any person to come here as it is almost impossible to get anything to do and expensive to travel. We got no delay from the night I parted with you until we went on board the ship Albert Gallathen and sailed out from Liverpool. Then we were 49 days tossing with the waves. Our passage was 20 pounds from Dublin to New York and 6 pounds 5 shillings from New York to Albany. The fare for a single person from New York to Albany in summer is but 2 shillings and 6 pence. As to the prices, Beef is from 2 to 4 pence per pound Pork is from 3 to 4 pence per pound. Mutton is from 2 to 3 pence per pound. Tea from two to four shillings per pound. Sugar from 3 to 4 pence per pound. Flour is sold by the barrel. Each barrel containing 180 pounds which can be bought from 18 to 23 shillings per barrel. Oatmeal is 3 shillings per stone. Butter is from 8 to 10 pence per pound. All the rates I have mentioned I calculated to British [pounds]. House rent is very dear. We are paying 15 shillings British for 3 small rooms per month. I got a slight account of Peter Haydon burying his wife. You will let me know whether it is true or not. We are not sorry for coming here but I am sorry for spending so much of my time in Ireland. You will let me know how all friends are and give me all information you can concerning the state of the country. My father, brother and sisters join me in sending their best respects to you all. Remember me to all inquiring friends and especially to the Miss Keegens. No more at present. I remain yours truly, M. Hogan Direct to: Michael Hogan No 54 Colonie Albany, N Y P.S. Write soon. 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Michael gave me to permission to share the letter on any list. He just wants to share all the resources he has with the rest of the world. Please mention his name, Michael Purcell, he lives in County Carlow and that he posted it to the Irish American mailing list (Rootsweb). I you don't belong to the list but would like to read some of his many posts, you can find them in the list's archive. The last couple of days, he posted a few letters to Ireland, one from PA which is extraordinary in it's description of the area, the weather, friends/relatives who went to CA, etc. I find them all wonderful reads. Do you think he might let other Irish (genealogy) groups see it? I would > love to share it. > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Do you think he might let other Irish (genealogy) groups see it? I would love to share it. Kevina On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Pat Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > This was posted to the Irish-American mailing list by Mike Purcell who > lives in County Carlow in Ireland. I have his permission to post it to > this mailing list. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. > > > Published by Mary Theresa Kelly in Carlovina 1947. > Letter from Michael Hogan > > Albany, New York, to his aunt, Catherine Nolan, Pollerton, Co. Carlow, 17 > March 1852 > > Dear Aunt, > I take this opportunity of writing these few lines to you hoping to find > you and your family in good health as this leaves us all in good health at > present. I thank God for his mercies to us all. I received a letter from > Patrick Kelly on the 24th of December ‘51 which gave us all great pleasure > to find that all friends were well. > We were sorry to hear of my grandmother’s death but yet thankful to God for > taking her out of this wicked world. He gave me to understand that you had > not received any letter from me since I came to America. However you were > the first I wrote to after I arrived on the lands of liberty. I often > wondered that I was getting no answer from you. > > I have had the opportunity of seeing the New York steamboats landing at the > wharf of Albany during last spring. > > I often gazed on the passengers in hopes of seeing you till at length I met > with my cousin Michael Hogan and a good many of my old school fellows along > with him. He told me that you had adjourned coming to America. > My dear friends I will now let you know how we are situated at present. By > the interest of Mr. Thomas Young I got a situation on the 12th of February > 1851 which I occupy up to this time. My wages are 6 dollars a week from the > 1st of April until the 1st of January. The following three months I get 4 > dollars per week. I board myself. > My work is but 10 hours in the day. Denny is working at boot and shoe > making since we came here with the exception of four months which he worked > in a foundry last summer. Patrick is idle at present but I expect to get > him work in a few days. As the girls, Mary and Ann and Margaret are in good > situations in the city, and Elener is learning the tailoress trade. As to > my father, he is getting as good health as ever he did at home. > > I would have wrote to you sooner but waiting for a letter from Lewis Doyle > which I received a few days past. > > They are all well and I think doing well. He tells me that he sold his farm > and stock last fall and bought a property in the city of Monroe and is > living there. Thomas is a clerk for a merchant. John is likewise in a > situation but is going to resign to go to California. Lewis is teaching in > a district school and Michael has a team and wagon and is working with it > in the city. A team is two horses. Timothy and Ann is going to school and > Mary is at home. > > My aunt requests of me to let her know how her sister Elenor is and Luke > Kavanagh’s family. You will be pleased to know how they are. > > It was not want of money caused us to stop in Albany, but when we landed > here, it was too expensive to travel as there was no way of travelling but > by railroad. Lewis Doyle gave us good encouragement to go up to them, but > yet as we were all in situations, by the time navigation opened we thought > better to stop for some time. > > I would not encourage any person to come here that could live middling well > at home as they might meet with many difficulties by coming here but any > boy or girl that has to labor for their living, this is the country for > them. > > Boys living with farmers can get from 20 to 30 British pounds per year. > Girls can get from 8 to 14 pounds per year according as they understand > their business. Winter is a bad time for any person to come here as it is > almost impossible to get anything to do and expensive to travel. > > We got no delay from the night I parted with you until we went on board the > ship Albert Gallathen and sailed out from Liverpool. Then we were 49 days > tossing with the waves. Our passage was 20 pounds from Dublin to New York > and 6 pounds 5 shillings from New York to Albany. The fare for a single > person from New York to Albany in summer is but 2 shillings and 6 pence. > > As to the prices, > Beef is from 2 to 4 pence per pound Pork is from 3 to 4 pence per > pound. Mutton > is from 2 to 3 pence per pound. Tea from two to four shillings per pound. > Sugar > from 3 to 4 pence per pound. Flour is sold by the barrel. Each barrel > containing 180 pounds which can be bought from 18 to 23 shillings per > barrel. Oatmeal is 3 shillings per stone. Butter is from 8 to 10 pence per > pound. > > All the rates I have mentioned I calculated to British [pounds]. House rent > is very dear. We are paying 15 shillings British for 3 small rooms per > month. > I got a slight account of Peter Haydon burying his wife. You will let me > know whether it is true or not. We are not sorry for coming here but I am > sorry for spending so much of my time in Ireland. You will let me know how > all friends are and give me all information you can concerning the state of > the country. > My father, brother and sisters join me in sending their best respects to > you all. Remember me to all inquiring friends and especially to the Miss > Keegens. > No more at present. I remain yours truly, M. Hogan Direct to: Michael > Hogan No 54 Colonie Albany, N Y > > P.S. Write soon. Any person coming here and wishing to find me will do so > by making application to Mr. Thomas Redmond. 117 Canal St., Albany, New > York > > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. 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This was posted to the Irish-American mailing list by Mike Purcell who lives in County Carlow in Ireland. I have his permission to post it to this mailing list. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Published by Mary Theresa Kelly in Carlovina 1947. Letter from Michael Hogan Albany, New York, to his aunt, Catherine Nolan, Pollerton, Co. Carlow, 17 March 1852 Dear Aunt, I take this opportunity of writing these few lines to you hoping to find you and your family in good health as this leaves us all in good health at present. I thank God for his mercies to us all. I received a letter from Patrick Kelly on the 24th of December ‘51 which gave us all great pleasure to find that all friends were well. We were sorry to hear of my grandmother’s death but yet thankful to God for taking her out of this wicked world. He gave me to understand that you had not received any letter from me since I came to America. However you were the first I wrote to after I arrived on the lands of liberty. I often wondered that I was getting no answer from you. I have had the opportunity of seeing the New York steamboats landing at the wharf of Albany during last spring. I often gazed on the passengers in hopes of seeing you till at length I met with my cousin Michael Hogan and a good many of my old school fellows along with him. He told me that you had adjourned coming to America. My dear friends I will now let you know how we are situated at present. By the interest of Mr. Thomas Young I got a situation on the 12th of February 1851 which I occupy up to this time. My wages are 6 dollars a week from the 1st of April until the 1st of January. The following three months I get 4 dollars per week. I board myself. My work is but 10 hours in the day. Denny is working at boot and shoe making since we came here with the exception of four months which he worked in a foundry last summer. Patrick is idle at present but I expect to get him work in a few days. As the girls, Mary and Ann and Margaret are in good situations in the city, and Elener is learning the tailoress trade. As to my father, he is getting as good health as ever he did at home. I would have wrote to you sooner but waiting for a letter from Lewis Doyle which I received a few days past. They are all well and I think doing well. He tells me that he sold his farm and stock last fall and bought a property in the city of Monroe and is living there. Thomas is a clerk for a merchant. John is likewise in a situation but is going to resign to go to California. Lewis is teaching in a district school and Michael has a team and wagon and is working with it in the city. A team is two horses. Timothy and Ann is going to school and Mary is at home. My aunt requests of me to let her know how her sister Elenor is and Luke Kavanagh’s family. You will be pleased to know how they are. It was not want of money caused us to stop in Albany, but when we landed here, it was too expensive to travel as there was no way of travelling but by railroad. Lewis Doyle gave us good encouragement to go up to them, but yet as we were all in situations, by the time navigation opened we thought better to stop for some time. I would not encourage any person to come here that could live middling well at home as they might meet with many difficulties by coming here but any boy or girl that has to labor for their living, this is the country for them. Boys living with farmers can get from 20 to 30 British pounds per year. Girls can get from 8 to 14 pounds per year according as they understand their business. Winter is a bad time for any person to come here as it is almost impossible to get anything to do and expensive to travel. We got no delay from the night I parted with you until we went on board the ship Albert Gallathen and sailed out from Liverpool. Then we were 49 days tossing with the waves. Our passage was 20 pounds from Dublin to New York and 6 pounds 5 shillings from New York to Albany. The fare for a single person from New York to Albany in summer is but 2 shillings and 6 pence. As to the prices, Beef is from 2 to 4 pence per pound Pork is from 3 to 4 pence per pound. Mutton is from 2 to 3 pence per pound. Tea from two to four shillings per pound. Sugar from 3 to 4 pence per pound. Flour is sold by the barrel. Each barrel containing 180 pounds which can be bought from 18 to 23 shillings per barrel. Oatmeal is 3 shillings per stone. Butter is from 8 to 10 pence per pound. All the rates I have mentioned I calculated to British [pounds]. House rent is very dear. We are paying 15 shillings British for 3 small rooms per month. I got a slight account of Peter Haydon burying his wife. You will let me know whether it is true or not. We are not sorry for coming here but I am sorry for spending so much of my time in Ireland. You will let me know how all friends are and give me all information you can concerning the state of the country. My father, brother and sisters join me in sending their best respects to you all. Remember me to all inquiring friends and especially to the Miss Keegens. No more at present. I remain yours truly, M. Hogan Direct to: Michael Hogan No 54 Colonie Albany, N Y P.S. Write soon. Any person coming here and wishing to find me will do so by making application to Mr. Thomas Redmond. 117 Canal St., Albany, New York -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com