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From: "Alice Erickson" <>
Subject: Re: [Cork] Passenger Lists
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:09:35 +1100
References: <200501131202.j0DC2Qpv009382@lists5.rootsweb.com> <Pine.SGI.4.61.0501130716190.6491341@shell01.TheWorld.com>


Thanks Dennis - I understand the distinction between the orphans and other
ordinary passengers.

So that means that if one was wanting to emigrate they went to an English
port and just found a ship with vacancies as it were? or did they book from
Ireland and then got themselves to the port at the right time. I'm thinking
that this method would be cumbersome without the sort of communication we
have now.

If ships were leaving from Ireland then local booking would be available I
suppose. Or would they be only ships that were arranged by emigration
agents etc.

Thank you, Alice
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Ahern" <>
To: <>
Cc: "Alice Erickson" <>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Cork] Passenger Lists


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> Alice Erickson <> asked:
>
>>Hullo list - Can I ask a question here? So the voyage only started
>>administratively when the passenger boarded and left the English port? For
>>instance I have a couple of Irish girls/orphans who arr Sydney 1850 - ship
>>sailed from Plymouth - so that means they would have only been listed etc
>>at
>>Plymouth. Or would they have been already on some list in Ireland?
>
> Orphans to Australia are an exception, in that they may well have been
> documented as some sort of subsidized emigration program. Generally
> speaking, however, the only passenger list they would be on is that of the
> ship they arrived at their destination on. In 1850 a ship bound for
> Australia would almost certainly have left from an English port. There
> would not ordinarily be any documentation of passengers travelling between
> two parts of the United Kingdom.
>
> See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlmahs/morph.htm
> Famine Orphans from County Cork to Australia
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