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From: "laura/howard" <>
Subject: [TSL] Ports in Chicago
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:58:37 -0500

>>In the 1860's there were actually a few sailing vessels who did go up the
St. Lawrence and though the locks, by lightering their cargo and
passengers, but by 1911 with big steamships . . no. There is a really <<

Sue, this is interesting. I have been unable to find my GGrandparents anywhere on Ship List.They came from County Cork, Ireland. Can you tell me how to find the Ships that might have come into Chicago in 1881? The settled just outside of Chicago in Batavia, Illinois.
TIA, Laura

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