Re: James Hamiton and wife Frances
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In reply to:
James Hamiton and wife Frances
Marilyln Stanley 12/04/13
Both Ancestry and fmp have some passenger lists, but the records for that early period are not very comprehensive. Bear in mind too that they may not have left from Ireland. The most common port of departure for most Irish emigrants was Liverpool, with the shipping agents often throwing the cost of passage to Liverpool in free as part of the deal. The attached link on migration in the 1800s happens to relate to Co Donegal but the information in it is just as accurate for Antrim, and gives a little background.
http://www.finnvalley.ie/history/emigration/index.htmlhttp://www.finnvalley.ie/history/emigration/index.html