Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Ship Manifests

  • 16-07-2021 07:44PM
    #1
    ollaetta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,146 ✭✭✭


    I'm looking for advice on an unusual scenario please. I'm searching for a person who appears to have gone to the US in the early 1920s for the purpose of escorting a child back to Ireland. I'm unclear on whether or not such a short term visitor would be found in the Ellis Island immigration records and have failed to find any record of ship manifests for sailings from the US to Ireland, or indeed Europe. Dr. Google has failed me so I'm wondering if anyone on here can advise?



Comments

  • #2
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,897 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Gah, new system causing havoc.

    Not sure Ellis Island was used for short-term visitors.

    Ancestry and Find my past both have relevant collections.

    https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #3
    ollaetta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,146 ✭✭✭ollaetta


    Thanks for that. I don't think Ellis Island was used for short term visitors either but I can't find any confirmation of it.



  • #4
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,747 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Are you sure they sailed to New York?

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #5
    ollaetta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,146 ✭✭✭ollaetta


    https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117622930#Comment_117622930

    In fact, no. The story is very patchy and it could just as easily have been Boston.



  • #6
    tabbey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭tabbey


    Presumably all people arriving in the US had to be cleared by immigration, otherwise chancers would enter, claiming to be tourists.

    No doubt a visa had to be given by a US consulate somewhere before travelling.



  • Advertisement
Advertisement