The Castle Garden site is not, IMH not great - one can not access the manifests. > > The Castle Garden site is great, thanks for the reference. Is there a > similar site for Boston and/or Canadian ports? I am especially interested > in the years 1840 - 1860. > > Thanks, > Kathleen Lott > > "Pat T" <tray@lanset.com> wrote in message > news:6.1.2.0.0.20051118074858.00ba7450@pop3.lanset.com... > > > >> "Sharon" <yasmin@bold.net.au> wrote........................ > >>To: GENIRE-L@rootsweb.com > >> > >>Sorry I can't give you the URL but if you use your search engine type in > >>Ellis Island, you should be able to access all the records of shipping > >>into > >>America. > >>Regards Sharon > >> > >>""Lorie Gold"" <petsdoc@cogeco.ca> wrote in message > >>news:20051113220543.A84E29D71@fep3.cogeco.net... > >> > Hello, I have just joined this group. My wife and I have been > >> > researching > >> > her Irish family background, and we have found out quite a lot, but we > >> > need some help. > >> > >> > We know that her grandfather, Daniel P. Cronin emigrated with siblings > >> > and parents, from Millstreet parish, County Cork in 1863. They > >> > apparently > >> > traveled on the steamship The Great Eastern, landing in New York. > > > > Lorrie, You probably are not looking for shipping records as you already > > know the vessel's name and date of departure, and most records merely > > state origin as just plain "Ireland" or "Liverpool" , but then you don't > > say what help you need. > > > > But, for others, here is info on Ellis Isalnd; > > > > For records before 1892, try Castle Gardens. Ellis Is. was not there until > > 1892. > > It maybe at; http://castlegarden.org/ > > > > Effective April 17,2001 a database housing about 22 million records of > > immigrant arrivals through NY Harbor from 1892 to 1924 will be made > > available to the public on the internet from records at Ellis Island NY. > > Records were extracted from nearly 3,700 rolls of microfilm,which were > > then entered into the database. The records can provide information such > > as > > an immigrants date of arrival, age, ethnicity,port of departure and the > > ship > > that brought him to the United States.This was all done with the help of > > more than 12,000 volunteers from the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day > > Saints who worked about 5.6 million hours since 1993 to accomplish this > > feat. Access to the data base is free at : > > www.ellisislandrecords.org > > From "The Long Island Newsday" newspaper Monday 4/16/01> > > ----------------------------- > > Periods of operation > > -------------------- > > August 1, 1855- April 18, 1890 : Castle Garden > > > > April 19, 1890-Dec. 31, 1891: Barge Office > > > > January 1, 1892- June 13, 1897: Ellis Island > > > > June 14, 1897 - Dec 16, 1900: Barge Office > > > > December 17, 1900-1924: Ellis Island > > ----------------------------------------- > > Ellis Island opened on January 1, 1892. It was constructed entirely of > > wood, was three stories high and was designed to handle up to 10,000 > > immigrants a day. > > In 1891, the federal government assumed jurisdiction over all ports, > > not > > just NY, so processing centers were established at other ports. Phil. PA. > > and New Orleans, LA. are two others. > > Just before midnight on June 14, 1897 a fire broke out in the all > > wooden > > building on Ellis Island and it burned to the ground. No ship records > > were destroyed since they were kept elsewhere, but all other > > administrative records for 1855-1890 were lost. > > > > The old Barge Office was again used as a processing center for 3 1/2 > > years while the new Ellis Island building was built. > > > > > > Patrick Traynor. tray@lanset.com > > > > >