Boston Pilot Missing Friends

 

From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a “Missing Friends” column with advertisements from people looking for “lost” friends and relatives who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 31,711 records is available at the Boston College website as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad that appeared in the Pilot.

 

	MISSING PERSON'S INFO		POINT OF ORIGIN INFO		SEEKING PERSON'S INFO
1	Name:	Mary Boyle	Home County:	Donegal	Name:	Jane Boyle Murray
	Gender:	Female	Parish:	Kilteevoge	Relation to missing:	Sister
	Father:	Hugh	Townland:	Kilrean/Kilrane	Gender:	Female
	Mother:	Ann Boyle	Barony:	Raphoe	Residence:	PA, Temperanceville,Alleghany C
	Other:	Last Heard Fr,In IL	Poor-Law:	Stranorlar	Date of advertisement:	10-18-1862
			1st location:	IL,
			Home County:	Donegal	Name:	Daniel McGlin
2	Name:	John McGlin	Parish:	Kilteevoge	Relation to missing:	Brother
	Gender:	Male	Townland:	Letterbrick	Gender:	Male
			Barony:	Raphoe South	Residence:	PA, Hazleton,Luzerne Co.
			Poor-Law:	Stranorlar	Date of advertisement:	04-18-1857
			1st location:	NYC, '51
			Name of ship:	Empire State
			Arrival date:	51/07
			Port of Arrival:	New York City
			Home County:	Donegal	Name:	Peter McGlinn
3	Name:	Owen McGlinn	Parish:	Kilteevoge	Relation to missing:	Brother
	Gender:	Male	Townland:	Letterbrick	Gender:	Male
			Barony:	Raphoe	Residence:	PA, Luzerne Co,Hazleton
			Poor-Law:	Stranorlar	Date of advertisement:	05-03-1856
			1st location:	OH,
			Departure date:	51/52

 

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