Hello Colm, At 08:43 PM 2006-09-17 -0300, Colm Hasson wrote: >Dear S Swiggum > >Two of my relatives who had earlier emigrated to America returned to >Ireland for periods ­ later each returned by Anchor Line from >Londonderry to New York. > >One on the Caledonia in May 1906 and one on the Tasconia in November 1916. The second ship you name is spelled TUSCANIA and arrived at New York, November 29th 1916. The CALEDONIA arrived at New Yok on May 26th 1906. >Is it possible for me to find when they arrived in Ireland ­ perhaps >about one or two months earlier? Not really, although I know New York sailing dates for Anchor Line ships, no "outbound" passenger lists survive, in North America. Have you seen the passenger lists for the above arrivals on the Ellis Island website? If you study those, on the 2nd page of the manifest it might show "have you been in the US before" and "if so, when" If they were already naturalized US citizens, then that column may not have any notation. If you do get a clue about the date they left the US (other than simply a 'year') then you could check the Shipping section for the Londonderry newspapers to see which ships arrived in the right time frame. I use Steve Morse's one-step forms for searching Ellis Island records. http://www.stevemorse.org/index.html Sue --