Immigrants of the Famine 1845 – 1850 #11

Irish Immigrant Ancestors: Who, What, When, Where and Why? In my 10th post I described Phytophthora infestans (the potato blight) and discussed the result of the inadequate response by the English that is today, described by some historians a holocaust. New York Immigrants.             Most famine immigrants disembarked in New York. The reason why 75…

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