The Search for Irish Immigrants Through the Boston Pilot, 1847 and 1848 -- Citing the Data

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Users of these data are requested to cite them properly. Below is an example of the proper citation of this work. You should consult a proper style manual and modify the example to maintain consistency in punctuation and typeface.

Harris, Ruth-Ann. The Search for Irish Immigrants Through the Boston Pilot, 1847 and 1848 [Machine-Readable data files]. 1st DPLS ed. Madison, WI : Ruth-Ann Harris [producer], 1997. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Data and Program Library Service [distributor], 1997. 1 data file (2504 + 2134 logical records); <http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/Irish/index.html>; ().

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