Diantha, You asked for information on the James Delgado book TO "CALIFORNIA BY SEA" that Bob Norris used as reference for his really interesting post about the Isthmus trip many of our ancestors took to San Francisco. THE GOLDEN AGE (Steamship) is mentioned in this book on page 63, the book was published by University of South Caroline Press, and my paperback edition was published in 1990. (by 1863, this steamship is your ship, rather than the clipper ship, mentioned in a reply post, which arrived in SF in 1853) I ordered this book along with another wonderful little paperback book "SEA ROUTES TO THE GOLD FIELDS", by Oscar Lewis, Comstock Editions, Inc. 1949, from AMAZON.COM. Your would really love reading BOTH of these books as they both give a very clear picture of what our ancestors went through to get to the Gold Fields in Sunny California. Both of these books set me back a whole $20.00 with shipping and handling! Hope you order them and enjoy them as much as it did. I'm proud to have them in my library. Good luck, RUTH P.S. I don't own any shares of Amazon.com - but I'm thinking about it! <G> > In a message dated 98-08-19 17:35:55 EDT, [email protected] writes: > > >My great-grandmother traveled from Panama to San Francisco on the "Golden > >Age" > >in 1863. I was pleased to see Bob's post and would like to > pursue it. Do you > >think the two books were talking about different ships with the > same name? > >I'd > >appreciate more info about the James Delagado book (publishing > info and page > >number of "Golden Age" info. What was Pacific Mail? (Perhaps a company > >providing mail service by sea?) > > > >Thanks, > >Diantha > > _____________________________ Ruth & Don Skewis [email protected]