Clare Past Forum Emigration List Project (1892-1924)
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:48 pm
Some members of the Clare Past Forum have initiated a project which seeks to list people who have emigrated from County Clare and who passed through the emigration station on Ellis Island, New York between 1892 and 1924, using free and publicly available data provided online by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. The project will be managed by Paddy Casey, a member of the forum, in association with Clare County Library staff. We are now seeking volunteers to assist in this project by agreeing to transcribe relevant records relating to individual Clare parishes.
Anyone who is interested in participating should register their interest in transcribing a particular parish (if they have not already done so) by emailing clare.emigrants@gmail.com. You will then be contacted by the project manager. Please indicate preferred parish.
A page on the main library website has been created to accommodate the project at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... roject.htm
Search tips have been provided by Clare Past Forum member Tom McDowell.
Data should be transcribed whenever possible online using the Clare Ellis Island Form.
Transcribers who cannot use this form can download a template for transcribing and email it in to clare.emigrants@gmail.com following completion.
It is intended that volunteers will undertake to search for all emigrants from a particular parish. A table showing who has agreed to transcribe which parish is shown on the project page.
This project is the result of discussions on the "A comprehensive listing of Clare emigrants - new project?" topic on the Clare Past forum.
Clare Admin
Anyone who is interested in participating should register their interest in transcribing a particular parish (if they have not already done so) by emailing clare.emigrants@gmail.com. You will then be contacted by the project manager. Please indicate preferred parish.
A page on the main library website has been created to accommodate the project at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... roject.htm
Search tips have been provided by Clare Past Forum member Tom McDowell.
Data should be transcribed whenever possible online using the Clare Ellis Island Form.
Transcribers who cannot use this form can download a template for transcribing and email it in to clare.emigrants@gmail.com following completion.
It is intended that volunteers will undertake to search for all emigrants from a particular parish. A table showing who has agreed to transcribe which parish is shown on the project page.
This project is the result of discussions on the "A comprehensive listing of Clare emigrants - new project?" topic on the Clare Past forum.
Clare Admin