The Emigrant Savings Bank records are one of the main genealogical
resources for tracing Irish ancestors in New York City in the second half of
the 19th century. You can learn more about this resource and how it can help
your New York City Irish research in my book, Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City.
The image below reputes to show people in the bank, busy
depositing and withdrawing money from their accounts. The caption reads: "Irish
depositors of the Emigrant Savings Bank withdrawing money to send to their
suffering relatives in the old country".
The picture comes from p. 29 of an 1880 edition of Frank
Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 50, no. 1275 (March 13) and was published in
the run-up to St. Patrick's Day.
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