Glenda.. Yes, I would be interested in see the full list. Thank you so much. Kathy Schmitzer Kenneth Womack wrote: > I've taken this from another list. Unfortunately I know nothing about the > book mentioned just passing it on FYI. There are a lot of other names. If > anyone wants the full list, let me know and I'll send them off the list. > Glenda (listmanager) > > Taken from the PEI-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com mailing list > > > > I recently came across a series of volumes entitled "The Search for > Missing > > Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Place in the 'Boston Pilot'", > > edited variously by Ruth-Ann M. Harris, Donald M. Jacobs, and B. Emer > > O'Keeffe, and published in Boston by the New England Historic Genealogical > > Society from 1989 to 1999. No doubt some of you may have seen these too. > > The eight volumes quote thousands of ads placed in the 'Boston Pilot' > > newspaper between 1831 and 1920 by individuals seeking to locate lost > > friends and relatives, usually relatives and usually Irish, but not > always. > > The ads typically gave the familial relationships of the person or persons > > being sought and the person placing the ad. Importantly, the last known > > locations in North America of the persons being sought are commonly given > > and, not infrequently, the exact place in Ireland from which the person > > came was mentioned in the ads. The location of the person placing the ad > is > > also typically given and sometimes an exact address. Dates of emigration > > and/or immigration are noted in some cases. Each volume covers a different > > time span and is separately indexed by surname (with given names) and > place > > names mentioned in the ads. > > > > These records can be a potentially important source of genealogical > > information if you happen to find someone of interest to you in these > > volumes. For my own purposes I have gone through the indexes of volumes 1 > > through 8 and noted the given names and surnames in all those ads > > mentioning Prince Edward Island itself, or place names on PEI. There are > > about 100 such ads. (Many more ads mention other Canadian locations). With > > the permission of the publisher, the New England Historic Genealogical > > Society (Boston), these names are noted below in the following format: > > names of the individual(s) sought and other names mentioned in connection > > with him/her or them - a colon (:) - name(s) of person(s) who placed the > ad > > and any other names mentioned in connection with him/her or them. Surnames > > in square brackets are my assumption of the person's surname based on the > > stated relationships in the ad. For example, if John JONES was being > sought > > by his "brother Robert", I assumed Robert's surname was JONES also and put > > it in square brackets. Usually the person placing the ad is a relative of > > the person being sought. But in some cases it may have been a lawyer or > > agent seeking an heir. Or, others may have been a person to whom any > > response should be addressed, presumably a friend or employer of the > person > > placing the ad. > > > > I am sorry, but I do not own these volumes will not be able to do lookups > > in these volumes for anyone. If you see names below of interest to you, I > > would suggest you look for these volumes in nearby genealogical libraries > > or public libraries with larger genealogical collections. It is possible > > they might be found in university and college libraries as well, although > > the contents are primarily of value to genealogists rather than > historians. > > It may also be possible to obtain these volumes through interlibrary loans > > at your local public library. The ISBN given below for each volume should > > allow a librarian to search for it in other libraries. Or, you may be able > > to write to a library holding the volumes and ask for a copy of the ad. > > Most ads are only a few lines long, none more than a page. > > > > Alternatively, the NEHGS informs me that they are in the process of > putting > > these volumes on a CD-ROM and volumes 2 through 6 and 8 are still > available > > in print. For more information you can visit their web site at > > http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ or contact their sale department at > > sales@neghs.org or telephone 1-888-296-3447. > > > > The prefix numbers in parentheses below are arbitrary and simply reflect > > the order in which I extracted the information. They are left in here just > > for purposes of separating the entries from one another. They are not in > > numerical order but rather are under the volume (and date span of ads) in > > which I found them. Good luck. > > >From Volume VIII, 1877-1920, (ISBN 0-88082-104-3): > 42) Mr. GAVAN: wife, c/o Rev. W. PHELAN, PEI or Rev. I. > IRISH. > > >From Volume V, 1861-1865, (ISBN 0-88082-055-1): > 79) Edward CAWDEN: Patrick CAWDEN, Edward WHELAN. > > ==== PHELAN Mailing List ==== > Irish Proverb: Whats good for the goose is good for the gander > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library