In a message dated 8/26/2001 8:28:49 PM Central Daylight Time, Dfconcannon@cs.com writes: > Between 1875 and 1890 what ports did the Welsh use to exit Wales and to > enter > the U.S? What ships would have taken them from Monmouthshire, Wales to > They may have entered through Philadelphia or New York City. So far all of my Welsh ancestors entered through NYC. As for leaving Wales--some traveled to England to leave from Liverpool or Southampton. In all my research of the Immigrant ships online, I have yet to find a ship that was totally filled with Welsh immigrants. Gayle Thorpe Baar Irving, Texas Researching: Colonial America: Backus, Baker, Bridge, Culver, Davis, Easton, Evans, Fairbanks, Fisher, Gay, Hall, Hughes, Lee, Payne, Pettebone, Read, Stephens, Swetland, Tiffany, Whitaker, Woodruff England: Gibbons, Morrell, Thorpe Ireland: Ladburner, Hutton, Ignew, Miller, Starkey, Scotland: Anderson, Arnott, Mackie, Watson Wales: Davies, Evans, Harris, Hughes, Jones, Williams, Lackawanna County, PA: Harris, Jones, Mackie, Morrell, Thorpe Luzerne County, PA: Gay, Hughes, Pettibone, Swetland