> "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

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 >