Hi everybody! I recieved so many requests for the film numbers on the above when I posted my query on "which port of departure?" that I thought I would just post the information to the lists.. The film I was referring to was from the NARA website http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/immpass. Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789--1919. M1066. 27 rolls. DP. The records in this publication are grouped in two series. The volumes that make up the first series, reproduced on rolls 1--22, cover the period from August 5, 1789, to December 30, 1899, except for the following gaps: September 1, 1796--September 25, 1798; July 19, 1801--December 31, 1804; and October 14, 1811- -December 31, 1815. These volumes originally were maintained by the offices of the collector, naval officer, and surveyor of the Port of New York. Because the records were created by these offices for different purposes, the volumes vary in internal arrangement, dates covered, and information recorded. The volumes have been combined as a single series because they all record the arrival of vessels from foreign ports and, as such, provide the most complete record available of these vessel arrivals at New York. The volumes have been arranged and filmed in chronological order, although there is frequent overlapping of dates among the volumes. The entries in the volumes filmed on rolls 1--22 are arranged either chronologically, alphabetically by the name of vessel, alphabetically by the name of owner, or alphabetically by the type of rig of the vessel. The most frequent arrangement is alphabetical by the name of vessel. Most of the volumes contain at least the date of entry; the name, country of origin, and type of rig of the vessel; the master's name; and the last port of embarkation. A few volumes also contain information about tonnage, duties, cargo, consignees, number of crew and passengers, owners' names, manifest numbers, clearances, bond releases, and officers' returns. The volumes that make up the second series, reproduced on rolls 23--27, cover the period from January 3, 1860, to December 31, 1919. This series was created at a later date as a standard index to vessel arrivals from foreign ports. Within each volume the entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of vessel and thereunder chronologically. Trish