----- Original Message ----- From: "The McDermeit Family" <dnmmac@davesworld.net> To: <PURDY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:18 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} RE: [PURDY] Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild > Yes John, it is searchable by surname, arrival date, and arrival port. This > is a totally volunteer organization. I have been transcribing for them for > a while. New ships are added frequently as there are hundreds of volunteers > working to transcribe lists to be posted on the web. It is requested that > new users start with the home page to see the expectations before going on > to the ships directly. Here is that link: > > http://istg.rootsweb.com/ > > Melissa > -----Original Message----- > From: John Caughey [mailto:j.caughey@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 1:59 PM > To: PURDY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PURDY] Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild > > > The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild has done an amazing job in locating > lists from all over the world. Their site located at > http://istg.rootsweb.com/index.1 is superb. > > It seems there are 28,000 lists for consultation. There are about 40 lists > for Glasgow, and even an 1848 listing for for the island of South Uist, in > Scotland. > > It seems that the database is searchable by surname; surely worth a try? > > > ==== PURDY Mailing List ==== > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ireland > A must for the serious researcher of Irish ancestors > >