Linda, I will attempt to add a little to the discussion. Many of our ancestors may have been desperately poor tenant farmers by the time they emigrated, but that doesn't mean that they always were. They could have been listed in books like the Palatine ones, or others. There is a book called "The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland" by John P. Prendergast (full text online through books.google.com) which is full of lists of names of all sorts of people, including soldiers, "adventurers", priests and people transplanted to Connaught. It is a very valuable book. Did you know how many young Irish people were shipped into slavery in the West Indies? I found pages 428 and 429 fascinating on this subject. Ann Lamb In a message dated 2/27/2010 3:39:04 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: They weren't transported to Connacht by Cromwell, so the transportee records were no loss. Etc, etc. These records largely involved the upper class, which our ancestors were not.
An excellent book on the 50,000+ Irish and Scots slaves sent to the Caribbean and Virginia between 1652 and 1659 is “To Hell or Barbados” (subtitled “The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland”) by Sean O’Callaghan. HB > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:51:28 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [S-I] Lecture: Desperation genealogy or What the Rest of Us Can Learn, , , , > > Linda, > I will attempt to add a little to the discussion. > > Many of our ancestors may have been desperately poor tenant farmers by the > time they emigrated, but that doesn't mean that they always were. They > could have been listed in books like the Palatine ones, or others. > > There is a book called "The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland" by John P. > Prendergast (full text online through books.google.com) which is full of > lists of names of all sorts of people, including soldiers, "adventurers", > priests and people transplanted to Connaught. It is a very valuable book. > > Did you know how many young Irish people were shipped into slavery in the > West Indies? I found pages 428 and 429 fascinating on this subject. > > Ann Lamb > > > In a message dated 2/27/2010 3:39:04 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: > > They weren't transported to Connacht by Cromwell, so the transportee > records were no loss. Etc, etc. These records largely involved the upper class, > which our ancestors were not. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/