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Are there any Irish/Canadians here interested in genealogy?
Bill
I'm not really sure but my great aunts ,aunts great grandafathers' father's sister's cousin's neice & nephew may be .......I'll ask my side of the family first as we don't talk to them.
HF&RV just kidding Bill,.....they are all Norwegian / Isle of Mann ,folk......mostly
Hmmm - my father was born on the Isle of Man - town of Douglas - but make no mistake about it, he was Irish -he was born on Christmas day - interesting thing is Les, I have never, ever met or talked to anyone who had any ties to the Isle of Man. Most people don't even know where it is. Kindred folk, we? Maybe that is why I tend to agree with most of your bs - lol - except, of course, the stealing from the collection plate - you are on your own on that one. Slainte :)
Sandy I see it a bit differently,...I could not have stolen from the collection plate,.I merely 'relocated ' the alloted cash flow,in a different direction,via the candy store on Willibrord near the lane,,,,hahahaha
and since it never was the Church's nor even in the collection plate,it simply never made it too the collection plate,thereby making me a pioneer in eliminating the middle man,and doing my own time & motion study,otherwise the .10cents would have gone directly into a pot for the Padre to spend on wine ,or otherwise waste it,where as who knows how many Verdunites I kept in business,by helping a local vendor move product throughout the city,keeping both suppliers & the Vendors family alive,and in a lifestyle they became accustom to................................Cheers !! Now where are those lightning bolts..........hahahahahah HF&RV
lighten up my boy - I have no doubt that you do your part for society
so that means no lightning............hell I was looking forward to getting those things reinstated......
ps: If I go to confession, or just annomously drop a dime into a local church's mailbox,do you think that would clear me.......hahahahaha Or should I just go ahead with my original plan & have a Death Bed Conversion,...and I'm back in,...right to the head of the que.................HF&RV
I would post some bolts here if I knew how to do it - but it looks like it might be possible in the not too distant future
There are several interested, and some even catching up on the Internet methods. It's a lot faster than some of the library lookups, but not nearly as much fun as seeing the documents first hand. Did you "hit the wall"?
Yes I did. Thank you for responding in kind. So far I have my great grandfather, Patrick Foy, and g.g. mother Mary Foy, arriving at Grosse Isle, Quebec in 1840 from Ireland. He may have been buried there. I know my grandmother, Annie Foy, survived to marry and have 7 children. Grandmother and family lived in Goose Village, Griffin Town and the Point.
Bill (Second Avenue)
Vessels Arriving at Quebec 1846
(Extracted from the Immigration Report of 1846)
The column "By whom sent; Master" gives general comments and information about assistance which was given to some of the passengers on that vessel. If the Master of the vessel is known, his name will also be given. Some passengers were assisted to emigrate by the Poor Law Commissioners. Others were assisted by Parish funds while still others, were assisted by their landlord.
Quebec
Of the 171 vessels arriving under the Passengers Act two thirds of the vessels came from the port of Liverpool and 14 of these carried Germans. There were 45 vessels from England, 109 from Ireland, 10 from Scotland and 7 from Bremen and Hamburg. From Germany there were 896 emigrants. These were the first emigrants to arrive in Canada direct from a foreign port since 1836.
http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/ships/ships1846.html
Hope this helps you Bill ,look through the website, & you may find passenger manifests ,etc etc.....Good Luck
I meant to add this paragraph as well: from the same site:
Quebec
Of the 171 vessels arriving under the Passengers Act two thirds of the vessels came from the port of Liverpool and 14 of these carried Germans. There were 45 vessels from England, 109 from Ireland, 10 from Scotland and 7 from Bremen and Hamburg. From Germany there were 896 emigrants. These were the first emigrants to arrive in Canada direct from a foreign port since 1836.
So this period in time saw 109 ships from Ireland,........good luck Bill HF&RV
Well that will give me something to work with. Here is an item I ran across.
http://www.theshipslist.com/1847/index.htm
Here's another site to check:http://gail25.tripod.com/que2.htm. If you correspond directly with the writer, you'll find she's well-versed in all that part of the Irish History. There's even an "Being Irish O'Quebec" exhibit on at the McCord Museum in Montreal that she greatly contributed to. Good luck in your digging!
I've bought a family-tree software for Mac called Reunion 9.0. It's a bit pricey but it is extensive, and it is compatible with my iPhone. I'll let you all know how it works out.
Thanks for the URL.
Btw I wish I could replace my identity photo of Holly and myself; we are no longer an item. Oh well, c'est la vie.
Bill (Second Avenue)
Bill, just click on the 'customize my site' option on the far right side of this page. Or while on your site actually. That will then highlite each section of your site including your photo ,you will see the word 'Edit' click on it then you will see the option to delete the exisitng photo, and you can then click on the 'Browse' option ,which will then let you check your computer for a different photo, or you can leave it blank ...your choice....good Luck HF&RV
Your family tree software reminds me of a little story. In Magdalen Islands there are a couple of areas where threre quite a lot of Irish. They've been there for centuries because of boat wrecks or some who stayed on when there relatives were left to die by the ship captains. One time a genealogist went there and started asking questions around. Old Mrs. Clark told him " Son we have been very isolated here for many years and the family trees don't have many branches. So don't stir stuff people don't want to hear, and go on your way."
Beats Michael Jackson any day of the week.
Bill
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