Just in time for St. Patrick's day, Boston College has announced it's > putting online the "Missing Friends" column through which Irish immigrants > in Boston tried to find relatives and friends they'd lost track of. > > This is potentially an incredibly useful resource for those of us > searching for *our* relatives. It previously was available only as an > eight-volume collection of books. > > The database is at <infowanted.bc.edu> > > There's a long article about the ads and the database in today's Boston > Globe: > <http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/03/17/the_irish_immigrant_past_gets_tie_to_today/> > > --