At 09:06 PM 6/16/02 -0700, Eric Wickberg wrote: >Hello all, >I'm new to this list and have identified that some of my relatives arrived >circa 1883 in New York City. Family lore is that they can via Ellis Island >but as I've done research this is obviuosly untrue. I expect they would >have come through Castle Garden instead. Can so one tell me what kind of >inforamtion might be available in relation to those coming via Castle >Gardens. I already had my ggarndfathers naturalization documents and >although they should have told me when and where he entered the country >records at that time were not well kept. As a result no information in >respect to the date, ship or other information. Any input as to what I >could espect to find from records that might have been kept there would be >helpful >Eric Wickberg Vancouver, B.C., Canada Eric , the information for "Castle Garden" or "Ellis Island" ship lists is not much different. At the top , Ships name,Captains name , Port and date of departure , Port and date of arrival. In the list itself ; Cabin passengers are usually listed first. Then "Steerage" passenger. Individuals name , Age , sex , occupation , land of origin , Nationality , Destination (usually only the country is entered , but at times more detail was giving) Ofcourse variations between lists exist , as does accuracy of entered data. All films with passenger lists are available thru your local FHC . >============================== >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 Groetjes from.......................Peter!!!!!! Docs4u Research. Genealogical research service for North Americans from the Netherlands, Belgium , Indonesia and England. Very reasonable rates. Mailto:docs4u@canada.com or Mailto:petervanschaik@consulteert.com Mailing address until 15 July 2002 ; 5 Knowles Avenue ,Okotoks, Alberta, Canada T1S 1G8 Mailing address after 15 July 2002 ; 237 Mount Blakiston Road West , Lethbridge, Alberta ,Canada T1K 6M8
Thanks for the information Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter van Schaik" <peter.van.schaik@telusplanet.net> To: <CASTLE-GARDEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [CASTLE-GARDEN] What is available at Castle Gardens > At 09:06 PM 6/16/02 -0700, Eric Wickberg wrote: > >Hello all, > >I'm new to this list and have identified that some of my relatives arrived > >circa 1883 in New York City. Family lore is that they can via Ellis Island > >but as I've done research this is obviuosly untrue. I expect they would > >have come through Castle Garden instead. Can so one tell me what kind of > >inforamtion might be available in relation to those coming via Castle > >Gardens. I already had my ggarndfathers naturalization documents and > >although they should have told me when and where he entered the country > >records at that time were not well kept. As a result no information in > >respect to the date, ship or other information. Any input as to what I > >could espect to find from records that might have been kept there would be > >helpful > >Eric Wickberg Vancouver, B.C., Canada > > Eric , the information for "Castle Garden" or "Ellis Island" ship lists is > not much different. > At the top , Ships name,Captains name , Port and date of departure , Port > and date of arrival. > In the list itself ; Cabin passengers are usually listed first. > Then "Steerage" passenger. > Individuals name , Age , sex , occupation , land of origin , Nationality , > Destination (usually only the country is entered , but at times more detail > was giving) > Ofcourse variations between lists exist , as does accuracy of entered data. > > All films with passenger lists are available thru your local FHC . > > > > >============================== > >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 > > Groetjes from.......................Peter!!!!!! > > Docs4u Research. > Genealogical research service for North Americans from the Netherlands, > Belgium , Indonesia and England. Very reasonable rates. > Mailto:docs4u@canada.com or Mailto:petervanschaik@consulteert.com > Mailing address until 15 July 2002 ; 5 Knowles Avenue ,Okotoks, Alberta, > Canada T1S 1G8 > Mailing address after 15 July 2002 ; 237 Mount Blakiston Road West , > Lethbridge, Alberta ,Canada T1K 6M8 > > > ============================== > 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 >