To: Jim Whittington National Archives Center for Electronic Records Room 20-E (NNX) 7th & Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC NW 20408 (202) 501-5565 From: Nancy Smart Center for Immigration Research 18 South 7th Street Phila., PA 19106 (215) 922-3454 Date: May 2, 1990 Re: Center for Immigration Research, Famine Irish Collection Dear Mr. Whittington, Per our conversation, I am sending you the information I currently have regarding our Famine Irish Collection. As I continue to integrate this collection into our data base, I will foward any other information I find regarding the data in this collection. If you have any questions, please feel free to call my office. Abbreviations found in this documentation: ------------------------------------------ CIR - Center for Immigration Research MHR - Manifest Header Record(s) MID - Manifest Identification Number File Names: ---------- FIMHR - Famine Irish Manifest Header File - on this disk 3226 records - one record per manifest FIPAS - Famine Irish Passenger Record File - sent on nine-track tape 604,596 records - one record per passenger FIPRT - Famine Irish Port Code List - on this disk 134 records - one record per port code FIOCC - Famine Irish Occupation Code List - hard copy sent in 1982 FICTY - Famine Irish Country Code List - on this disk 33 records - one record per country code File Layouts: ------------ FIMHR ----- Beg. End. Field Field Field Description Col. Col. Length Type 1 8 8 N CIR-MID: Key to records in FIPAS file 9 9 1 A Filler 10 30 21 A Ship Name 31 33 3 N CIR - Code for the Ship Port of Embarkation See FIPRT file for code 34 34 1 A Filler 35 44 10 A Ship Arrival Date 45 45 1 A Filler 46 48 3 N Number of Corresponding Passenger Record(s) in the FIPAS file Note: The CIR-MID and the Ship Arrival Date uniquely determine a record. The CIR-MID is unigue for every manifest record except for the following five, each of which appears twice; 00001131, 00002082, 00002345, 00003471 and 00002483. FIPAS ----- Beg. End. Field Field Field Description Col. Col. Length Type 1 20 20 A Last Name U = Unknown 21 21 1 A Filler 22 40 19 A First Name U = Unknown 41 41 1 A Family Relation Code A = Aunt, B = Brother C = Cousin, D = Daughter F = Stepdaughter, G = Stepson H = Husband, L = Any In-Law M = Mother, N = Niece or Nephew P = Father, S = Son, T = Sister U = Uncle, W = Wife Y = Grandparent, Z = Grandchild 42 44 3 N Age 900 = Born at Sea 901 ... 911 = Infant, 1 ... 11 months 800 = Unknown 45 45 1 A Filler 46 46 1 A Sex Code M = Male, F = Female, U = Unknown 47 47 1 A Filler 48 57 10 A CIR - Occupation Code SEE FIOCC file for code 58 58 1 A Literacy Code Y = Yes, N = No, U = Unknown 59 61 3 N CIR - Native Country Code SEE FICTY file for code 62 62 1 A Filler 63 82 20 A Town of Last Residence U = Unknown 83 102 20 A Destination U = Unknown 103 103 1 A CIR - Transit Code S = Staying in the US I = In transit, final destination not US, or country of origin T = Temporary Visit R = Return trip to the US, but not a citizen of the US C = Citizen of the US U = Unknown 104 105 2 A CIR - Travel Compartment Code 09 = Cabin, 13 = Steerage 15 = Stowaway, U = Unknown 106 107 2 A Filler 108 110 3 N CIR - Passenger Port of Embarkation Code See FIPRT file for code 111 111 1 A Filler 112 119 8 N CIR-MID Key to FIMHR file 120 120 1 A Filler 121 130 10 A Passenger Arrival Date 121 122 2 N Month of Arrival 124 125 2 N Day of Arival 127 130 4 N Year of Arrival FIPRT ----- Beg. End. Field Field Field Description Col. Col. Length Type 1 3 3 N CIR - Port(s) Code 4 4 1 A Filler 5 44 40 A Port(s) FICTY ----- Beg. End. Field Field Field Description Col. Col. Length Type 1 3 3 N CIR - County Code 4 4 1 A Filler 5 34 30 A Country