FWIW the Jeanie Johnson will be travelling up the east coast of the US and Canada this summer, for both visits and trips.
larry http://www.jeaniejohnston.ie/voyage.asp?id=3 >Last weekend we visited the Jeanie Johnson, a replica of an 1847 >packet ship that carried immigrants from Ireland to the US and >Canada. A real interesting time.One of the interesting diplays on >the ship were records about passengers and where they ended up - >Canada/Quebec or Baltimore, MD. Anyhow chances are your ancestors, >if going to Canada, probably went to Mirmache or Grosse Isle first - >these served the same purpose as Ellis Island did in the US. > >larry > >>I am sure that is *exactly* what happened -- I have been doing a little >>geneology and the north shore way out east is where the ships landed. I >>forget the name of the town where my people landed but its some tiny blip >>on the map I had never heard of before or since. Mind you, my family moved >>to around Joliet, then Assomption, no hillbillies we.... >> >>Dana >> >>Larry C. Lyons writes: >> >>> Exactly. very much like my neighbours when I was living in south west >>> Virginia, if your family did not move into this valley before 1820, >>> you were a newcomer and your opinion didn't count nohow. I suspected >>> in both cases a lot of inbreeding over the years - both with these >>> habitants and the hillbillies. >>> >>> larry >>> >>> ><g> Their ancestors landed there in the 17th century and nobody >>>ever moved >>> >:) >>> > >>> >Dana >>> > >>> >Larry C. Lyons writes: >>> > >>> >> They were from places like Shawinnigan and similar very small places >>> >> on the north shore. Not the brightest of the lot believe me. >>> >> >>> >> larry >>> >> >>> >> >not real literate in french either from the sound of it :) >>> >> > >>> >> >Larry C. Lyons writes: >>> >> > >>> >> >> >see, listening to Poison *can* be harmful!!! >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Years ago when I was taking a Canadian Armed Forces >>>ground survival >>> >> >> course, about half the people in the class were >>>francophone (French >>> >> >> Canadian). several of them had really terrible English language >>> >> >> skills. In our ration packs there were some solid fuel tables for >>> >> >> heating food and water. The were plainly labeled in >>>English Poison. >>> >> >> These tables did not have any French on them. I had to >>>stop a couple >>> >> >> of francophone guys from eating these tablets - "But Larry its >>> >> >> poisson - fish" >>> >> >> >>> >> >> go figure. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> larry >>> >> >> >>> >> >> -- >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Larry C. Lyons >>> >> >> >>> >> >> ======================================================== >>> >> >> Life is Complex. It has both real and imaginary parts. >>> >> >> ======================================================== >>> >> >> Chaos, Panic and Disorder. My work here is done. >>> >> >> >>> >> > >>> >> >>> > >>> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
