As part of family history report, whatever form it may take, I have always intended to include a section on the emigration pattern from Kilglass and Easkey Parishes to Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. I'm particularly interested in those that originally settled in the Bellevue Section of Scranton, but I feel it better to include other sections of and around Scranton; for now I am not including Wilkes-Barre. The report will contain not just my ancestors, but any surname that I can find (from Kilglass and Easkey)with connections to Scranton. I plan to make a comparison of the living and working conditions my ancestors faced in Ireland and America. I would like to do it in such a way that it will be of interest to the people of both countries. I plan to do it in such a way that it can be lifted from my report and placed in applicable historical societies in both countries. Over the past couple months I have been searching for surnames of Kilglass and Easkey Parishes in the Ellis Island data base. I have had some success, but know that I have only scratched the surface. In order to produce the best result possible, I would like to solicit help from other Sligo and Lackawanna list members. If you know of any emigrants from Kilglass and Easkey Parishes, to the Scranton area, please contact me off-list. I say off-list for two reasons: I don't want to impose heavy traffic on those not interested in this effort. Secondly, I cannot transmit files through the list. I don't know how I can do this without some sort of Word table, or Excel database. If the list owners feel I am wrong by taking this off-list please let me know. Below is a list of the surnames I've identified with the specified connections. If you have interest in any of these surnames feel free to contact me for further information. Be patient waiting for a response...I'm afraid I may get a large number of requests. It is my plan to make the data available to anyone who has an interest. Once I've established what data fields would best serve the effort I will set-up a list of interested individuals and start the collecting, compiling and disbursing effort. For now I will be glad to get additions to the below list. I hope I am not "butting-in" on someone with a similar idea. If so, I am willing to share the effort,or back-off and let you finish. If your goals are different than mine perhaps we can work something out. I know how much work is involved and I would not be too happy if someone "claim-jumped" my effort. Here is the list I sure hope it is not too large for a single transmission. It seems very small for all of the time I put into it. Jim Dolan jimdolan@clarityconnect.com County Sligo, Kilglass & Easkey Parish Connections to Scranton, PA Surname: Be(a)gley Probability: Probable Data Source: Ellis Island/Census/Personal Knowledge Surname: Boland Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Ellis Island/Census Surname: Cafferkey Probability: Probable Data Source: Ellis Island Surname: Calpin(e) Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Church Records/Census/Ellis Island Surname: Carden Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Ellis Island/Census Surname: Carr Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Ellis Island/Census Surname: Carroll Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Ellis Island/Census Surname: Clark(e) Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Church Records/Census/Ellis Island Surname: Conway Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Ellis Island/Census Surname: Connolly Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Church Records/Census/Personal Knowlege Surname: Donne(I)gan Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Church Records/Census/Personal Knowledge Surname: Duffy Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Ellis Island/Census Surname: Early Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Ellis Island/Census/Church Records Surname: Egan Probability: Under Consideration Data Source: Ellis Island Surname: Finnegan Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Church Records/Census/Personal Knowledge Surname: Ford Probability: Under Consideration Data Source: Ellis Island Surname: Foy Probability: Under Consideration Data Source: Ellis Island Surname: Golden Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Church Records/Census/Personal Knowledge Surname: Hanlon Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Ellis Island/Census Surname: Hi(e)lley Probability: Under Consideration Data Source: Ellis Island Surname: Judge Probability: Under Consideration Data Source: Naturalization Records/Church Records/Census Surname: Kelly Probability: Under Consideration Data Source: Ellis Island Surname: Kennedy Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Ellis Island/Census Surname: Long Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Church Records/Census/Misc. Data Surname: Mahon Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Church Records/Census/Ellis Island Surname: McAndrew Probability: Under Consideration Data Source: Church Records/Census/Personal Knowledge Surname: McDonnell Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Church Records/Census/Ellis Island Surname: McLa(o)ughlin Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Church Records/Census/Ellis Island Surname: McNamara Probability: Under Consideration Data Source: Ellis Island Surname: Mi(e)sse(i)tt Probability: Probable Data Source: Church Records/Census Surname: Murphy Probability: Probable Data Source: Church Data/Personal Knowledge Surname: Nealon Probability: Confirmed Data Source: Ellis Island/Census Surname: Tuffy Probability: Probable Data Source: Church Records/Census