McManus, Patrick

Hi,

Thanks very much for your message. Do you know where in the US they originally arrived? I did a search for McManus on Castlegarden.org This was the main immigration centre in the US, before Ellis Island.

I found a result for a Patrick McManus, age 27, city of destination Pennsylvania, ship Columbus.

http://www.castlegarden.org/quick_search_detail.php?p_id=275801

This seems to match your Patrick, however there were only 4 McManus? on that ship, none of which would match his mother which suggest she may have used her maiden name when travelling:

http://www.castlegarden.org/search_02.php?m_ship=COLUMBUS&po_port=&p_first_name=&p_last_name=mcmanus&o_occ=&co_country=&province=&town=&m_arr_date_start=1820&m_arr_date_end=1913&submit.x=56&submit.y=7

Of course it may be possible that this isn?t even your Patrick. For more information on US immigration records go to :

http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/US-immigration-records.html

Some other general websites that may be useful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Genealogy Links:

http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/fermanagh/index.html

Fermanagh Gold: http://www.fermanagh-gold.com/

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support