An excellent book containing great info about Irish immigration is "American Passenger Arrival Records" by Michael Tepper. He states that during the period 1850-1880 75% of all Irish Emigrants went through Liverpool. The people would find passage across the Irish Sea (sometimes even free is they were taken on as ballasts) to Liverpool. The cost for Liverpool to NY passage was about 3 -4 pounds for steerage and took 4 - 6 weeks in good weather. Happy hunting! Kelly Kallman -----Original Message----- From: richard parsons <cker74u2c1@lineone.net> To: WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 4:03 PM Subject: [WEX] Immigration? >Which ports of embarkation were favourite for people leaving Wexford & Ireland to go to USA.Could someone tell me please Thanks. Richard > >______________________________