Famine Immigrants. Lists of Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1851. Volume I, January 1846-June 1847

by Michael H. Tepper

Book Overview

The blight that struck the Irish potato crop in the winter of 1845-46 brought ruin to tens of thousands of tenant farmers and laborers, reducing almost all of Ireland to poverty and, as a result, people had the choice of leaving Ireland or perishing. So, between 1846 and 1851, more than a million men, women and children emigrated to the United States and Canada, mostly through the port of New York. The information on these people exists in an invaluable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806310243
• ISBN13: 9780806310244
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
• Length: 878 Pages
• Weight: 2.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"