My family embarked at Libau (Liepaja) Latvia on SS Vologda and arrived at the Poor Jews' Temporary Shelter <chrysalis.its.uct.ac.za/shelter/shelter.htm> on 5 March 1905. With that information I was able to access the manifest of SS Vologda under BT26. This was over 10 years ago, and the files have now been withdrawn from circulation. As Roger Kershaw and Mark Pearsall state in " Immigrants and Aliens. A Guide to Sources on UK Immigration and Citizenship, Public Record Office, 2000 on p. 49 "If you do not know port of arrival /departure or the name of the ship , it will be very difficult and time consuming to find any record. many passenger records are in a fragile condition, and searching them can be very time consuming. There are no indexes of names, and most lists are not alphabetical. The information given varies, but can include age, occupation, and sometimes a proposed address in the UK. There are separate lists for British passengers and alien passengers. the lists are arranged monthly by port of arrival or departure. To use them you need to know at least the approximate date of arrival or departure and the port. These records are in the Map and Large Document Room. " Arrivals, 1878-1960 BT 26 contains the 'Passenger Lists, Inwards', 1878-1888 and 1890-1960, where the voyage began at a point outside Europe and the Mediterranean Sea. NAMES OF PASSENGERS WHO BOARDED THESE SHIPS AT EUROPEAN PORTS AND DISEMBARKED IN THE UK WILL BE INCLUDED. My understanding is that many of the ships embarking passengers at Libau started at other ports, e.g. Riga where cargo such as pit ponies and lumber were loaded and then passengers were loaded at Libau. In any event I am almost certain that access to these lists is now closed. Its possible that Findmypast.co.uk is still processing additional lists that they microfilmed before closing the access. was carefull with my choice of words, stating .." not strictly correct" for the above reasons. Saul Issroff LONDON I > Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 > From: "Bob Moss" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BRITISH-JEWRY] UK Passenger lists 1878-1960 > To: <[email protected]> > - Hide quoted text - > According to the "Scope and Content" section of BT 26 on the page you > linked, my statement was correct. That section states in relevant part: > > "of passengers entering the United Kingdom by sea from ports outside Europe > and the Mediterranean." > > Likewise Ancestry.com describes the collection as: > > "This database is an index to the Board of Trade?s passenger lists of ships > arriving in the United Kingdom from foreign ports outside of Europe and the > Mediterranean." > > You do not say where your family emigrated from. I can only report on what > I read in doing the research. > > Has anyone else found exceptions to the published limitation? > > Bob Moss > Chicago, IL. USA >>