Hello Christi..... Most of the first names are initials...there are exceptions but they are few and far between. There are no SPARROWS listed. There are some DILLONs..;Here is the exact listing: DILLON, Mr., lady & 2 servants, DILLON, Mrs. DILLON, M....This could be Margaret..??.... She is listed as being on the OREGON, but the actual list does NOT show her. However, it does show DILLON,Mr., LADY and 2 servants. Ship: OREGON...steamer...from Panama...arrived: July 20, 1850 from Panama.. ..And here is MR. M. DILLON< Consul-General from the Republic of France to San Francisco. YOURS????? ;) There are 6 Fords listed, but none with the S as initial. Best wishes, Judie On Sep 1, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Christine Sherratt wrote: > Hi Judie, > > I am looking for: > > Joseph Sparrow > > Mary Sparrow > > John Sparrow > > Margaret Dillon > > Susan Ford > > Thanks for the lookup, > > Christi > www.christinesherratt.com > > Christine Sherratt > Sherratt & Sherratt Accounting for Lawyers > 9738 Tareyton Ave > San Ramon, CA 94583 > 925-216-5121 > 925-875-1678 FAX > > > > --- On Mon, 9/1/08, Judie Cook <granny@liquidgravity.org> wrote: > From: Judie Cook <granny@liquidgravity.org> > Subject: [CASANFRA] San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists > To: norcal@rootsweb.com, "CASANFRA@ROOTSWEB.COM" <CASANFRA@rootsweb.com > > > Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 2:08 PM > > 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 > ************************** > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message