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    "ocrText": "Electronic Records Technical Specifications Summary (Manifest of Files)\nRecords for Passengers who Arrived at the Port of New York during the Irish Famine, compiled 1977 -\n1989, documenting the period 1/12/1846 12/31/1851\nNATIONAL\nSeries National Archives Identifier: 569666\nARCHIVES\nSeries from Collection CIR: Records of the Center for Immgration Research\nElectronic Records\nFamine Irish Passenger Record Data File (FIPAS)\nNational Archives Identifier: 609801 XMIS No.: 003584\nPrepared: 2/8/2024\nFile Name: RG200.FAMIR.Y4651.txt\nFormat: ASCII Text, fixed-length fields/records with\nSize (bytes): 79806672\nRecord Count: 604596\nRecord Length: 132\ntwo record-delimiters (carriage return and\nline feed); record length includes delimiters\nList of Ships That Arrived at the Port of New York During National Archives Identifier: 609801 XMIS No.: 091388\nPrepared: 2/8/2024\nthe Irish Famine\nFile Name: IRISH.MHR.txt\nFormat: ASCII Text, fixed-length fields/records with\nSize (bytes): 164526\nRecord Count: 3226\nRecord Length: 51\ntwo record-delimiters (carriage return and\nline feed); record length includes delimiters\nTechnical Documentation\nFamish Irish List of Country Codes\nNational Archives Identifier: 609801 XMIS No.: 091389\nPrepared: 2/8/2024\nFile Name: IRISH.CTY.txt\nFormat: ASCII Text, text file (includes carriage return\nSize (bytes): 504\nand line feed)\nFamish Irish List of Irish Port Codes\nNational Archives Identifier: 609801 XMIS No.:\n091389\nPrepared: 2/8/2024\nFile Name: IRISH.PRT.txt\nFormat: ASCII Text, text file (includes carriage return\nSize (bytes): 2572\nand line feed)\nFamish Irish Read Me: Agency Description of Files\nNational Archives Identifier: 609801 XMIS No.: 091389\nPrepared: 2/8/2024\nTransferred and Record Layouts\nFile Name: IRISH.README.txt\nFormat: ASCII Text, text file (includes carriage return\nSize (bytes): 6421\nand line feed)\nFamish Irish Scanned Technical Documentation\nNational Archives Identifier: 609801\nPrepared: 2/8/2024\nFile Name: 576_1DP.pdf\nFormat: PDF\nSize (bytes): 658056\n2/8/2024\nRecords for Passengers who Arrived at the Port of New York during the Irish Famine, compiled 1977 -\nPage 1 of 2\n1989, documenting the period 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851\nThe files listed on the Technical Specifications Summary and accessible through the National Archives Catalog are fully open. In some cases, the records may have administrative\nmarkings indicating limited access to the records, but these markings are no longer applicable.\nDescriptions of the records are available via the National Archives Catalog.\nAny of the files listed above without a National Archives Identifier are available on two or more of the descriptions for the electronic records files.\n2/8/2024\nRecords for Passengers who Arrived at the Port of New York during the Irish Famine, compiled 1977 -\nPage 2 of 2\n1989, documenting the period 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851"
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