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A History of the Irish Settlers in North America from the Earliest Period to the Census of 1850

A fascinating account of the Irish in America, including details of many of the distinguished men and families who impacted on the history of the country. The book covers such areas as the Irish in Barbadoes, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, etc., etc., as well as touching on military campaigns in Mexico. Also included are chapters on the United Irishmen in America, and the American response to the Irish Famine of the 1840s. The appendices contain

A User's Guide to the Emigrant Bank Records

Opened in 1850 and run by Irish immigrants for Irish immigrants, the Emigrant Savings Bank records for immigrants from various countries settling in many states. This is a finding aid and description of these records from the New York Public Library's Manuscripts & Archives Division.

Ancestry.com - Search Immigration & Emigration Records

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com - Searching for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in “The Boston Pilot, $

Original source: Harris, Ruth-Ann M., Donald M. Jacobs, and B. Emer O’Keeffe, editors. Searching for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in “The Boston Pilot 1831–1920”. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1989. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Bishop Lynch's Letter on Emigration from Ireland to South Carolina

An interesting description of the opportunities on offer for Irish immigrants in South Carolina during the 1860s. From `The Irish in America' by John Francis Maguire, 1868.

Boston Pilot: Irish Immigrant Advertisements (Search for Missing Friends), 1831-1920 ^FREE

Database from the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Celtic Cousins

Mission: Foster an interest in research of those Irish born persons who came to Iowa; Research individuals who left Beagh Parish, Galway; Advance research options in Scott and Palo Alto Cos, Iowa; Provide for a One-name study of Joynt Families anywhere, anytime; Foster an interest in newspapers as a genealogical resource; Improve and enrich my own family research with documented sources.

Emigration to The United States in 1847

Extracted from The Ocean Plague by a Cabin Passenger, Boston, 1848.

Famine Irish Immigration Data : 1846 - 1851

This site contains an extensive searchable database of records on over half a million passengers who arrived at the United States between 1846 through 1851 and identified their country of origin as Ireland or ethnicity as Irish.

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Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Join Findmypast and you

Findmypast.ie

findmypast.ie provides easy-to-search, online access to some significant Irish records: land and estate records; Griffith's Valuation of Ireland; directories containing millions of records; military & rebellion records; migration records; wills dating back to the 13th century.

IED - Irish Emigration Database

The Irish Emigration Database is a collection of emigration-related primary sources such as letters to and from emigrants, compiled by the Centre for Migration Studies, Omagh.

Immigrants at Grosse Île Quarantine Station, 1832-1937

The database contains 33,036 references to immigrants who stayed, were born, married or buried at the Grosse Île Quarantine Station between 1832 and 1937.

Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839, Lists of Emigrants Extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Counties Londonderry and Antrim

Search for Irish ancestors in Irish Emigration Lists 1833-1839, an index to Lists of Emigrants Extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Counties Londonderry and Antrim. From the Olive Tree Genealogy.

Irish Genealogy Toolkit - The Journey to Ellis Isand, New York

Irish Immigration to Grosse

Irish Settlers in Argentina

Irish Ships Passenger Lists

McCorkell Line

The McCorkell Line one of the most famous Irish passenger shipping lines fro 1778-1897 to the United States and Canada.

Number of Irish Emigrants, 1895-1905

A table showing the number of Irish emigrants, 1895-1905.