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From: "Betty" <>
Subject: Re: Musings on Passenger Lists
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 07:45:38 -0500
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Hi Sheila,

Just an FYI that my EX's grandfather in Brooklyn was also a .. John
McCARTHY. This is only a part-time search for me (for obvious reasons).
What I have found out so far was that he was widowed when his two daughters,
Mary and Eleanor, were approx. 10 years old. I believe he might have
finished raising them himself, but I'm not sure. I also think that both
Mary McCARTHY and Eleanor McCARTHY married young (1930's?). (And,
married "the wrong man.") Plus, neither sister lived to see "their
senior years."

Betty (near Lowell, MA)





----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheila Block" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 10:28 AM
Subject: Musings on Passenger Lists


> The posts on this subject reflect my feelings about passenger lists,
> Generally, they make me crazy. I have gone to Salt Lake City on 2
> occasions just to look at these lists. Not that they aren't available at
> the FHC near me, but it seems so much more efficient to devote a week to
> scrolling, one reel after the other. The various ship's lists don't do
> it for me because they are not the full monty, only a sampling of the
> extant lists.
>
> This was before Ancestry had the NY Arrivals from 1852 on line and
> available at the local FHC.
>
> On only two occasions have I found my people for a certainty. One was a
> situation where the entire family came together and although they were
> McCarthys and the head of the group was John (heaven help us!) the rest
> of the crowd had odd enough names to make me certain I had the right
> family. Also, his mother-in-law was with him. The other included a trio
> of sisters with somewhat distinctive names. The bonus here was that the
> young fellow who later married one of the sisters was on this boat.
> Lesson, read the whole list. In all other cases, I have been somewhat
> unsure that I had the right person. There are two Mary English in the
> right year of the right age. Which one is it?
>
> It is a mare's nest.
>
> Sheila MacAvoy Block
>
> ______________________________

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