Greetings ~ This site has some very good references for passenger ship Lists . . . I know there are others I have visited . . . let me check further . . . http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/shipind1.htm Happy Hunting . . . enjoy ! *********************************** a dweller on the path by the hedge *********************************** your friend in Christ; Ken Hedgpeth - Arcadia, CA Admin. of the STONEBRAKER-L and the HEDGPETH-L at Rootsweb BEHarveyGen@aol.com wrote: > > Does anyone know how to access the VERY OLD passenger lists ( or is there > such a varmit?). Ellis Island is wonderful if your ancestors came over in > the late 1800's. > > Also can anyone tell me about how and when the boundries changed in the New > England states?? I am so confused.. I can't find anything on my Clark > parents both b) in Mass( this from 1860 Cabell Co (WVA census of the son). > The son William Lyman Clark was born ca 1811 in VT (date born from tombstone > and where born from the 1860 Cabell Co (W)VA census). > > If mother was between the ages of 16 and 35 she would have been born as > late as 1795 or as early as 1776. Father (who I believe fought in the > revolutionary war) was between the ages of 19 and 55, he would have been born > as late as 1792 or as early as 1756. > > William Lyman Clark m1) Charlotte __(?)__ in Augusta Me, (She and both > parents listed as b) Me). > m2) Julia Ann Newell aslo b) Augusta Me. > > My Grandmother (Agnes Clark Collins) always said her Clark ancestors were > English. > > I have exhausted most of my resources and still no clue. HELP !!!! > > Barbara Harvey > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > GenConnect ~ Biography, have one? Post it at ~ > http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/FamilyAssoc/ClarkeBios > List Manager's address CLARKE-admin@rootsweb.com