Les. My opinion is that it is highly likely that the ship made a couple of voyages a year. Considering that it took six to eight weeks each way, that is more than enough time for a ship to make two voyages a year. I am not a nautical expert, but I suspect that ships were refitted at longer intervals. You might check with the staff of the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, which has one of the premier nautical collections in the nation. John >>> [email protected] 4/30/2007 9:51 PM >>> All, I have a question (maybe more than one) for an immigration/ship expert. I have a newspaper 'bio' about a William Brown. According to the article, he said that he left Belfast, Ireland on April 3, 1840 on board the "Consbrook, a sailing vessel, and with 364 fellow passengers." He landed in Canada and then went to Chicago and on to Iowa. The article was published in 1908, so William was up in years when it was written. Thus, his memory might be foggy. There is a record of the Consbrook sailing from Belfast to Canada in May 1839 with 308 passengers. But, no 1840 record has been found. I haven't checked the "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index" down at the library yet. But, my question is, is it likely that a ship would make two trips to the Americas on consecutive years? Or, did they normally need more time to refit and prepare for the next trip? The info in the newspaper article seems strangely precise for man in his 90s (dates, numbers, etc.). So, naturally I am skeptical. Les Beaty, L-20 When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. ------------------------------- 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