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Member Since: February 2008 Posts: 32 Send Message	fifi	Report	28 May 2008 21:37
Member Since: February 2008 Posts: 32 Send Message	Does anyone know whether during the potato famine families from one area would travel across together and move to one particular county? Having great difficulty finding place of origin as census only gives place of birth as ireland, and unfortunately only vague match on IGI.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 6,292 Send Message	Sam	Report	28 May 2008 21:39
	I would say they definately would. They moved to wherever there was work and/or food. Sam x
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,151 Send Message	Snowdrops in Bloom	Report	28 May 2008 22:44
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,151 Send Message	They moved wherever they could to find food/work. A lot of them emigrated - some to America others across the water to Liverpool (mostly, as well as other places in England) or Scotland. Irish ancestors are notoriously hard to trace as a lot of records are missing/incomplete. Good luck with your search!!!!!!!