Friends and Cousins, At the risk of sounding a bit "preachy-teachy" but for the benefit of the less experienced researchers among us, please note that the operative term in listing "Filby's" or "PILI" or however you know it, is the word "Lists." Filby's, which is updated annually (I think), will give you a reference to some published work (lists, most often) and is not a source document in and of itself. Ginny correctly notes that the pointer in Filby in this case is to the Tepper edition, which in itself is not a source document but should point to an original passenger list (probably in transcription) published in the NEH&G Register. The appropriate Register issue should, I would hope, cite the description and whereabouts of the original of the list in question, or image(s) thereof. Those images would be your primary source. This is, I think, a good example of the number of layers one often has to peel back before you approach something that could fairly be termed a primary source. Regards, Ted Snediker -------------- Original message -------------- From: Vsiefkes@wmconnect.com > Passenger and Immigration Lists Index First Edition, Volume 3 O-Z. Edited by > P. William Filby with Mary K. Meyer; shows Teunis Cornelis Slingerland coming > to New Netherlands 1620-1664. My information says he came in 1654. the > references from the Index have #9135 p 10 and on that source I have Michael > Tepper, > editor. Passengers to America: a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from > The New England Historical and Geneaolgical Register. Baltimore: Genealogical > Publishing Co., 1977. Reprinted with new indexes, 1978. > > Can I be sure that this person came within that time period (1654) but what > was the name of the ship that he came on? > > Any comments would be appreciated. > > Ginny > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message