Hello Listers.... I have in my possession SAN FRANCISCO SHIP PASSENGER LISTS, VOLUME 1 by Louis J. Rasmussen. The author's foreward reads: This volume is the first in a series of volumes which will reflect the names of passengers arriving by vessels in the Port of San Francisco during the period of 1850 to 1875. All volumes are fully indexed and a master index volume will be published. This undertaking will not concern itself with the histories of various ship lines or the history of any individual vessel. Instead, the author will attempt to concentrate on the magical growth of California and the West through the medium of ship passenger lists. As San Francisco was the main entry port in the settlement of the West the names contained in the volumes will number in the thousands. Unfortunately, the original government records of entry were destroyed by fire. To reconstruct arrivals it has been necessary to revert to contemporary sources such as newspaper lists, journals, etc. The accuracy of the lists is predicated upon the information furnished in t he respective source. In absence of any previous work of this nature, covering this period, the author offers this as a contribution to Western History. There are some apparent weaknesses in the lists....such as the practice of printing only given name initials by the early reporters and the failure to indicate age, sex, or station of life. Never the less, general as the lists may appear, it is possible they might provide leads to those concerned with historical research. Before utilizing the lists, it is important to read "Reference Points" and "key to abbreviations & Symbols". If you have read this far, congratulations....and if you have any reason to believe that one of yours MIGHT be in this VOL> 1, I will be happy to check for you. OR, if you know the name of the ship he or she came over on, he has listed the ships in an index as well. Regards, Judie

That's really cool! When was the book copywrited or printed? Did he actually publish more volumes? On 9/1/08, Judie Cook <granny@liquidgravity.org> wrote: > Hello Listers.... > > I have in my possession SAN FRANCISCO SHIP PASSENGER LISTS, VOLUME 1 > by Louis J. Rasmussen.