Vern-- I know that this Rootsweb mailing list has some very knowledgeable and helpful contributors, so it may be worthwhile to subscribe to it. http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Immigration/TheShipsList.html And you may find other useful lists at this page, if you enter the keyword Ship. http://bigfile.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/listsearch PJ > > If anyone on the list knows of a ship or barge by the name "Jas Brand" or > "James Brand" would you please provide me with any details. >