Jim, Marilyn, et. al. In searching for ancestors who came to the US, please don't over look the Canadian ports.. I spent a looong time looking for my Gr Grandad Anderson's entry into the US... by searching all the records I could find, of all the major Eastern US ports... I finally learned he had entered through Quebec, then traveled across Illinois to North Eastern Nebraska... go to www.rootsweb.com and in the 2nd group down on the left side of the main page is a listing for "SEARCH THINGY".. (yes that's what they call it... go to that web site and search on passenger lists.... you'll get enough things to look at that will keep you busy a couple days... Sincerely, John D A little SoWest of North James D. Allen wrote: >Marilyn and List: > >Any idea where I'd go to get passenger list for a Scotsman who came to >the US (ending up in either MA or RI) after the Civil war (I assume >1865-72) from an unknown port of departure? > >I've drawn blanks from searching the standard on line or MA Archive >passenger lists, and am not real familiar with different books or other >resources out there. There are so many ports and boats, >I'm not sure where to best spend my energy. When you refer to "ships >records" is that a single source or do you have to search each ship somehow? > >Any suggestions? > >Thanks. > > > > > >Marilyn Otterson wrote: > > >>Hello, Faye, >>You have given very little information to help find more about your William >>Armstrong. (It's a very common name.) >> >>You might try researching ships' records for 1820 arrivals to Australia from >>Ireland. It's possible you could find more information about your William >>there. Do you know if the children who were left behind were with their >>mother? Do you happen to know her name? Do you know the names of the kids? >>Can you find immigration records about William in Australia...sometimes >>those reveal more information about the person arriving there. (For >>instance, there were probably 100 or more William Armstrongs in Ireland in >>1820 and you would need to know what country William came from.) Do you >>know if he ever was able to bring the children to be with him in Australia? >>Without knowing more, I think you are going to have a difficult time finding >>more information about William's family in Ireland. >> >>Sorry not to be of more help. >> >>Marilyn >> >> >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >