Ahhhh, now it becomes a bit of a chore, Sonja. NARA has the manifest records, BUT, they're not indexed. You (and I, heheh) need to narrow down our ancestor's arrival year through census records, City Directories, family lore/papers, etc. Then we have to pore through reel after reel after reel after reel of microfilm looking at the manifests of 'every' ship which arrived in whatever time frame we isolate. I'm too old and my eyes won't allow for that, even though I have a 'good idea' of the years involved for my folks. Good luck, Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: <JKill0343@aol.com> To: <CASTLE-GARDEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [CASTLE-GARDEN] Date of Closure > In a message dated 7/30/02 10:51:48 AM Central Daylight Time, > preshtek@gate.net writes: > > > > Castle Garden operated from 8/1/1855 until 4/18/1890. > > The Barge Office took over from 4/19/1890 until 12/31/1891, and > > Ellis Island opened 1/1/1892 until the fire of 6/13/1897. Again the > > Barge Office opened from 6/14/1897 until EI was repaired and re-opened > > on 12/17/1900. EI then continued until 1924. > > > > > > Thank you so much for the informative answer. > > I have another question, however. Do you know where the records of > Immigrants coming into Castle Garden or when the Barge Office took over, > before Ellis Island, would be kept? We have some Immigrants who arrived in > NYC before Ellis Island came about. > > Sonja > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.380 / Virus Database: 213 - Release Date: 7/24/02