Sample collection on women migrants at the Waterford County Archive below
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Collection title: Lismore Estate Papers (Ireland, England, USA: c. 1750–1969)
Description: Large collection of estate papers that has a related database of requests for assistance from both men and women to emigrate from the Lismore Estate in County Waterford, drawn from account books, tenant application books and correspondence of the Lismore Papers.
Archive address: Dungarvan Library – Davitt’s Quay – Dungarvan – Ireland
Reference number: IE WCA PP LISM (208 boxes)
Links: The catalogue is available from the Waterford County Archive.
Publications: Lismore Estate Papers Emigration Record Database 1815–1905 (Online, [no longer maintained]) accessible here.
Contributor: Elizabeth Mullins