hi Len

I am following bread crumbs is the simple answer. My dad died relatively young 
and I had an insatiable curiosity for family history. He told me all he could 
remember,  which was considerable, being told by his father etc... Being a 
child I have lost too much of those memories. Following the bread crumbs led me 
to this great site which I believe you have found my family in Pomeroy, John 
McKee. One of the crumbs was an oral history that we left via Belfast. I say we 
because oral history says we came as a  group on board the same ship. This has 
misled many in our family to search the Belfast records for John believing him 
to have been born in Belfast. However my dad said we left from Belfast not 
lived there. I am also very open minded and have searched other records for 
Londondery etc with out success. If I found our families from some other 
shipping site I would be just as thrilled but I have always been surprise at 
how accurate my family recollection has been. I have not been able to find any 
of their names on online shipping sites so I am trying to find other records 
such as shipping news that might narrow down the search.

Thank you again Ron McCoy

On 2018-08-18 7:58 AM, Len Swindley wrote:
Hello Ron,

I am pondering what evidence you have that states your forebears left Ireland 
via Belfast. The  Pomeroy district fell within the net cast by the Londonderry 
shipping companies: Kelso, Barry McCorkell and J & J Cooke. The considerable 
passenger trade to North America commenced in Londonderry c1720 and reached a 
peak during the Famine years and thereafter. Prior to the Famine, the great 
majority of emigrants were Presbyterians.
Online J & J Cooke records can be found on Olive Tree Genealogy and can be 
found at https://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jjcooke.shtml

Hope this assists your search,
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia


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Hi All

Thanks for the information. The lack of shipping list is a problem and as has 
been noted travel between Canada and Ireland was not registered. A real 
problem... I have tried the steam ship lines from Quebec to Montreal with out 
success but they also ran Bateaux service which is how I assume they must have 
come. I think  the suggestion of the Belfast News, The Quebec Mercury or the JJ 
Cooke shipping records might give me the names of ships that would have sailed 
out of Belfast and arrived in Quebec in the time I suspect. That would be a 
great help.

Iola would you have the online site that these can be found on? Thank you all 
for your help

Cheers

Ron McCoy

On 2018-08-17 9:33 AM, Elizabeth Vervaeke via CoTyroneList wrote:
My family came from Brackagh (Errigal  Keerogue)
through Londonderry on the Sesosthis in 1847 .  I was able to find their 
passenger list from the JJ Cooke Shipping records . There are many ships listed.
Perhaps it’s worth a search here ...

https://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/qu_seth1847.shtml

Kind Regards

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 9:30 AM Ron McCoy via CoTyroneList 
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wrote:
Hi all
I have tried several times to find sailing records for the year 1828
from Belfast to Canada. This is the year I believe my family and their
neighbours left Tyrone and immigrated. However I am told there is no
passenger records in the early years of the 1800's. I was wondering if
there was  a list some where of just ships names that sailed even if
there was not passenger lists. I am confident that they sailed after
iceberg season and arrived in the Montreal area around the end of August
or beginning of September of 1838. If I had a list of ships sailing out
of Belfast I might be able to deduce which ship they sailed on? If
anyone has experience or an idea where ships names or records that might
have sailed from Belfast it would be of great interest to me?
Cheers
Ron McCoy

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