There are passenger lists for ship arrivals at New York over the entire period during which Castle Garden was in service as an immigrant ststion, but beyond that there are no specific Castle Garden records known to exist. Castle Garden was originally established by NY State as an orientation center for immigrants, to try to keep them from being ripped off by the many shady characters who frequented the NYC piers for that purpose. It's not clear whether any records of immigrants were ever kept at Castle Garden, or whether the records were transferred to Ellis Island and perished in the great fire there in 1896. Or, since this was a NY State and not a Federal operation, whether the records might have perished in the great Capitol file in Albany in 1911. Regards, Charles Sullivan "Kelvin L. Kean" <kelvin@voicenet.com> wrote: >>From 1855 until 1891 Castle Garden was used to process immigrants to the >US through New York City. In 1892 that function was moved to Ellis Island >where it remained until 1924. Castle Garden was built as a fort to defend >New York City in 1812; became known as Castle Clinton in 1815 (after New >York Governor DeWitt Clinton) and was used as an entertainment center >until 1855 when it became the immigration center. It was originally built >a short distance off shore with a causeway connecting it to Manhattan, >but in the last half of the 19th century the surrounding tidal flats were >filled in and now support Battery Park. The brick shell of the fort or >castle now stands in Battery Park. No records are kept there now. They >are probably with NARA. Perhaps someone on the list well versed in >immigration records can comment on that. > >Kelvin Kean >Elverson, Pennsylvania > > >==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== >Have you forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? >Visit the GEN-NYS-L Frequently Asked Questions (And Answers!) web page: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/GEN-NYS-L/FAQ/GEN-NYS-L.txt