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Holy Crap. That Ancestry.com thing, I just found the passenger list with my grandmother's family listing that came over from Ireland.

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Sep 2 '10, 12:03

That is *really* cool.

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it wasn't on the Duchess of York, from Belfast in 1930 was it? :0 - Andie Sep 2, 12:09 14
- *whew* no! Scythia from Queenstown, Ireland, on January 20, 1922. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 2, 12:11 13
  - Interesting. My family came over in the 1890s or earlier. I figured that was "late" but you guys are all earlier than that -- nm - oblique Sep 2, 12:13 12
    - three of my grandparents came over in living memory. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 12:18
    - my grandfather came over on the exact same ship as my grandmother, but one year earlier in 1929. their familes knew each other in Ireland, but they - Andie Sep 2, 12:17 1
      - stalker! -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 12:18
    - well, my Mom's family all came over in the 1600s, documented. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 12:15 6
      - see, I think that's the cool part. Real American history there -- nm - oblique Sep 2, 12:16 5
        
        er, except it wasn't the US. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 12:24
        
        my dad's family is like that. came to the states in the 1600's. -- nm - Andie Sep 2, 12:19
        
        they're on the Champlain grant! -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 12:16 2
        
        so you are a true blue blood -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 2, 12:19 1
        
        I'm descended from the Filles du Roi, as well as an officer of the Carignan-Salieres regiment. -- (link) - loosilu Sep 2, 12:21
    - I personally flew to the States from Argentina on a jet. I win. -- nm - con_carne Sep 2, 12:14
    - using the hints, if they are to be believed, i got my dad's side back to 1600s England when we arrived in Baltimore -- nm - mr. fancypants Sep 2, 12:14
It didn't take long with the free trial for me to get hooked on the site, even if I only use it a few times a year -- nm - oblique Sep 2, 12:08
effin papists -- nm - mr. fancypants Sep 2, 12:04
My grandfather has done so much ancestry work, but is so so computer dumb. - TFox Sep 2, 12:04
I bet we find out that some ST'rs are related. -- nm - lileve Sep 2, 12:03

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Holy Crap. That Ancestry.com thing, I just found the passenger list with my grandmother's family listing that came over from Ireland.

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