Hello Sally.... Most of the first names are listed only as initials...there are exceptions. Of the 9 Leonards, only one first name appears...that is BYRON. I will list the initials for you and you tell me if any might be yours: Mrs. & Child B. BYRON G.H. J.H. J.T. S.C. W.R. Of those, only the two with Js were on the same ship. Regards, Judie On Sep 1, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Sally J Staley wrote: > Judie: I would like you to look up a Stephen McGovern and a Bridget > Leonard, and Andrew and Hannah Leonard. > > Thank you for your help > Sally Staley > > Judie Cook <granny@liquidgravity.org> wrote: > 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 > > > > Sally Staley