This was in today's edition of Everton's Newsletter-----------Linda 16 February 1999 The Exodus from Ireland At the opening of the nineteenth century the Emerald Isle boasted a population of 5.4 million souls. The well-known Potato Famine in the middle of that century devastated the population, resulting in over a million deaths. But Famine deaths did not account for the fluctuating Irish population, which climbed over 8 million in 1841, but was at 4.5 million at the end of the century. If the Blight didn't kill the Irish, what happened to them? Apparently, as many as eight million Irish left their island nation during the nineteenth century, many going to North America, forging a bond spanning the Atlantic that remains strong even at the end of the twentieth century. This "Irish Exodus" is the theme of this new website sponsored by the Belfast Telegraph and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Although it contains few "details" of personal emigration, it does provide an excellent background resource on the causes of Irish emigration to the New World in the nineteenthc century, and can supply even the seasoned researcher with new clues to help in the search for the trail of an Irish ancestor. A number of letters, advertisements, photographs, and contemporary engravings increase the value of this offering, and the serious student of Irish emigration will do well to follow the supplied links to the website for the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, where more information can be located. Resources: Introduction to Exodus http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/emigration/ Online resources for genealogical research in Ireland http://www.everton.com/resources/world.html#ireland Copyright 1999, Everton Publishers All rights reserved -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE is a free daily genealogy news service provided by Everton Publishers P.O. Box 368 Logan, UT 84323 Toll-free: 1-800-443-6325 http://www.everton.com subscribe: <[email protected]> message: subscribe history unsubscribe: <[email protected]> message: unsubscribe history Recent articles are available online at http://www.everton.com/FHN/