One way is to submit the proper form to the National Archives (NARA) and they will see if a record exists. All you need is the anbme and approximate date. As I recall some records were lost in a fire. See the 2nd link on the left hand side at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index.htm > > From: "judi" <marshaja@hotmail.com> > Date: 2004/07/01 Thu PM 01:45:53 CDT > To: CZECH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CZ] Re: surname Jindela > > How does one go about finding ship's manifests for immigrants prior to Ellis > Island? > judi > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > Please do not repost the whole digest when replying to mail. > >