Hi Charles! I saw the attached post on the newsgroup. I am also having some trouble looking up my g-grandmother's passenger record. Her maiden name was Wujcik. I can't find it anywhere in the soundex index and the ship listing. I also know which ship she came in (Kaiser Wilhelm II) and the day it arrived in Phily (May 21, 1913). What would you suggest? Thanks. Nikki Quinn queenlep@wt.net ---------- > From: Charles Tucker <ctucker@WZRD.COM> > Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.slavic > Subject: Re: Imig.to US from Pol.which ship? > Date: Tuesday, April 01, 1997 5:16 PM > > Here goes, Jamie, > > I don't think your problem is as complicated as you fear. Here is, > for what it's worth, what I think, and I have been through zillions (Well, > maybe not really zillions) of passenger lists. > > 1. Consider first of all that the wrong entry on the name may actually be a > misunderstood handwriting on your part or a missed interpretation of > handwriting on a document your ancestors had with them. It really doesn't > take a lot of imagination to note the following possibilities: > > S c h u lt z > > S o L a R z > Very, very , very similar, and I have found most of the writing in these > lists to be of this caliber. > > > 2. I would, myself, stick with the name Solarz, if you're pretty sure > that's wath it is supposed to be. It codes as S462, so you can get an > soundex for New York arrivals for that period (There is one), and I'll bet > you find them. You know their names, the year, and the country of origin, > and that may well be suffcient to help you locate them on the list. Then > you can get the actual passenger arrival records and find them there. > > 3. Oh yes, it should be about 99% for a New York port arrival. According > to Morton-Allen most of the European departures for 1915 left from final > ports of embarkation in England coming from the continent, with the > exception of a few from Rotterdam. > > 4. If you can't find them fater looking thusly, you may want to do two > other things. In fact, after considering your options you may want to do > these anyway. > > a. You could also get the soundex for New York arrivals for the period > for S243, the code for Schultz, on the slight chance that this actually was > how the name was recorded. > > b. You could also get the soundex for the 1920 U.S. census for the > area where you know your grandparents were on 1920, and locate the census > that they should appear on. If you do find them, the enumerator will have > asked them when they arrived in the U.S., and he will have recorded this on > the report. Now it is true that sometimes errors have been made in > recording this info., BUT I am here to tell you that the errors tend not to > be gross in their magnitude, and are at least a good indicator USUALLY of > when they arrived. > > Bottom line on all of this? It really sounds like you're in better > than fair shape on your quest in this area, so get thee down to the nearest > LDS FHC and gid tah orderin' Yee Hah! > > > Hope this is a help. > > Charles > ctucker@wzrd.com >