In a message dated 7/30/02 1:11:55 PM Central Daylight Time, preshtek@gate.net writes: > 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 ----- > Thanks again, Ron. Sounds discouraging and tedious. Sonja