Irish Passenger Lists 1847-1871. Lists of Passengers Sailing from Londonderry to America on Ships of the J. & J. Cooke Line and the McCorkell Line

These passenger lists which cover the period of the Irish Famine and its aftermath identify the emigrants' actual places of residence as well as their port of departure and nationality. Essentially business records the lists were developed from the order books of two main passenger lines operating out of Londonderry--J.& J. Cooke (1847-67) and William McCorkell & Co. (1863-71). Both sets of records provide the emigrant's name age and address and the name of the ship. The Cooke lists provide the ship's destination and year of sailing while the McCorkell lists provide the date engaged and the scheduled sailing date. Altogether 27495 passengers are identified.