Thought some of you might find this of interest. See Link at Bottom to go to article published in St. John Times Globe. Linda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The D'Arcy McGee Chair of Irish Studies, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has published the book "Poor Ignorant Children", Irish Famine Orphans in Saint John, New Brunswick. The author, Peter Murphy charts the fate of three hundred and ten Irish orphans in a strange unwelcoming land. In 1994, Peter Murphy gained access to an old ledger of the admittance records of the "Orphan Asylum Established by His Excellency Sir William George Colebrook, 25 Octob. 1847." He transcribed this ledger and meticulously searched for any tracks that were left behind by these orphans in compiling the publication "Poor Ignorant Children." Great pains appear to have been taken in recording full particulars for each of the 310 children who were admitted to the asylum during the two-year period it operated out of the former city Almshouse at the corner of King Street East and Carmarthen. Included are name, date of admission, religion, age, place of "nativity" and the name of the vessel the immigrant child arrived on. Also added were notes concerning the fate of the parents of each child and details on each child's discharge. Beautifully produced and imaginatively designed, this book is a fitting memorial gesture to an event which had a huge impact on the social and political history of both Ireland and Canada. Full article on this book was published in the Saint John Times Globe on May 21, 1999. It can be viewed at <A HREF="http://www.timesglobe.com/goodlife/story4.htm">THE GOOD LIFE</A> http://www.timesglobe.com/goodlife/story4.htm