McKENZIE ~ O'NEIL ~ SULLIVAN ~ SHEEHAN ~ MADDEN ~ DONOVAN DALEY ~ McINTIRE ~ McKENNA ~ McCARTHY ~ McLEOD ~ KENNY ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Greetings Folks , Hope your enjoying the great spring weather. Essential info all on 1st portion of page 1. Looking for listers who can share ship list place name "Ballymoney" (place of residence) Ireland to America via Liverpool, Eng c. 1895. Particularly interested in which Ballymoney (several in Ire) it turned out to be. Good luck and all the best with your family search . . . kind regards, Walt McKenzie-NJ-USA WaltIrish@comcast.net www.remember-9-11.com *************************************************************** " Due to immigration, after the 1840's Ireland famine, over 33% of Boston's population were from Ireland & Scotland. By 1870 2.5 million, 1900 over 40% and 5 million today are of Irish ancestors." Ireland 7 million Irish Descent : America 50 million ~ Britain 8 million ~ Australia 3 million Canada ? million 1872-1971 Grandpa Walt McKENZIE, Sr. NJ Shore, USA (b. Boston/Somerville*, MA) *Som. in Middlesex Co. has the most of Irish descent with 400,000. Search priorities : Ire ~ Eng ~ Scot 1681-1895 1873-1907 To 1680 " The marvelous Central NJ Shore area, like Boston, has wonderful Ireland & Scotland roots. The first St. Patrick's holiday was declared 3 / 17 / 1780 by General Washington in Morristown, NJ. Kerny, NJ has a large well-known Scottish community. In 2000, Spring Lake, NJ population was 53% of Irish descent followed by Avon & Sea Girt. Then there is the large annual Belmar, NJ St. Patty's Day parade. Today overall, NJ has 1.4 million or 18% of the population claiming to be of Irish descent." **************************************************************** -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.18 - Release Date: 4/19/2005