Gallagher Family Fauleens

Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reasonwhy they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given atthe port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g.Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. -And perhaps evenfind out an exact place of origin. Ellis Island:http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp Castlegarden:http://www.castlegarden.org/ US National Archives/Immigration info:http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ The Boston Pilot; From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a?Missing Friends? column with advertisements from people looking for ?lost? friends and relativeswho had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 40,743 recordsis available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad thatappeared in the Pilot. http://infowanted.bc.edu/ The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

Since posting, I have all the information on the children that immigrated to the US.  At this time, I am looking for more information on Thomas Gallagher.  I have also found that his father was not Owen Gallagher, but Thomas Gallagher as well.  According to the 1901 and 1911 Irish Census they lived, with Thomas Jr.'s family in Fauleens, Kilbeagh, County Mayo.  Small village, but a couple of Gallaghers.  I think finding the local RC church might help in identifying other family members. 

Another question --  a family member was born in Charlestown, County Mayo.  I looked at irish-place-names.com but it's a puzzle to me how you come up with the correct parish. 

Thanks for posting your response.  I didn't know about Castle Garden nor the Boston Pilot newspaper.  These will be useful when I research another part of my Irish family.

I will be visiting Fauleens and would like to see/find the house of my ancestors, although it may no longer exist.  The1901 Census lists them as living in House 27.  The 1911 Census as residents of House 8.  By 1911 the family had grown from 4 to 9.  Is there anyway to find out the location of these houses prior to leaving for Ireland?  If not, who would I contact in the local area to help with their location?  Thanks again for your help--we have been the recipients of quite a bit of information on the family and it has been helpful.