That surname does not appear. Ellen -----Original Message----- From: Camilla Barror <cbarror@erols.com> To: roscommon@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 6:22 am Subject: Re: [ROSCOMMON] Famine refugees was [IRISH-FAMINE] Irish Famine Museum. Ellen, I have ancestors from Ireland who arrived in New Orleans during the 1840s, would you mind checking to see if the surmane [or varient of] Dufficy is on the Farewell to Famine list? Thanks Camilla At 07:55 PM 7/14/2007, you wrote: >I also have A Farewell to Famine which lists the 847 people from >Wicklow and Wexford who followed Fr Hore to New Orleans. >I will do look-ups if you have more than a hunch that your ancestors >might be among either group. >Ellen > > >-----Original Message----- >From: irishfaminelady@juno.com <irishfaminelady@juno.com> >To: irish-famine@rootsweb.com >Sent: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 1:52 pm >Subject: Re: [IRISH-FAMINE] Irish Famine Museum. > > > >You may be able to research thru whatever records the quarantine island >of >Grosse Ile may has at present.. This was the quarantine island during >the time >of the famine where thousands are buried and where other members >continued up >the St. Lawrence to Montreal. Others came over the border, one very >famous one >was the Henry Ford family who settled into farming and then family went >on to >Detroit and into history. Recently the President of Ireland opened a >famine >park in Canada, I do not know if it was Montreal or Toronto. You may be >able to >research the name thru the National Archives in Dublin, Ireland > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRISH-FAMINE-request@rootsweb.com >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >body of >the message > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and >industry-leading spam and email virus protection. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.