For a limited time, NewEnglandAncestors.org is providing free access to their Irish databases, including:
- An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland
- Protestant Housekeepers in Counties Antrim, Derry, Donegal, and Londonderry, Ireland – 1740
- Index to the Marriage Licence Bonds of the Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
- The Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements placed in the Boston Pilot 1831-1920
- Constitution, By-Laws, and History of the Charitable Irish Society of Boston
The databases will most likely be free to search until Wednesday, March 21, 2007.
Search the databases at http://www.newenglandancestors.org/
Irish Podcasts
Learn about Irish research by listening to podcasts from Irish Roots at http://www.irishroots.com/podcast.php
The following: ***The Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements placed in the Boston Pilot 1831 -1920
The nationally distributed, Boston Pilot newspaper printed some 45,000 �Missing Friends� advertisements placed by friends and relatives These advertisements typically referred to the exact place of origin of the seeker and/or the sought. Many of the ads also describe the process and route of immigration, and even the name of the passenger ship. View the database here.
This link does not take you to the Search For Missing Friends.
Jeanne Belford