"Alan Bloor" <alanbloor@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:zX6k8.59823$yc2.6487809@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com... > Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here goes..... > > I have found a relative (my grandfather's cousin) who emigrated from England > to New York. He died in New York in December 1904, and his death certificate > says that he had lived there for 13 years. A journal written by his daughter > in her twilight years reveals that he crossed the Atlantic to visit his > family several times during those 13 years. I have looked on the Ellis > Island site and can only find his name listed twice. First in 1892 (which > may be his initial emigration if the death certificate is not quite > accurate) and again in early 1904, with his wife and daughter. According to > his daughter's journal, there were at least three other return journeys - > one about 1895 on which he met his future wife, one in Sep/Oct 1897 (just > his wife and baby daughter), and another about 1899. None of these journeys > appear on the Ellis Island site. So my questions are: > > 1. Is the Ellis Island site complete for the time period it covers, or are > other records waiting to be added? > > 2. Where might I find indexes to other shipping lists not covered by the > Ellis Island site? Are they available through the LDS and if so what is the > catalogue reference? You mean ship manifests not shipping lists. As far as Ellis Island, keep in mind that they are indexed from transcribers work and they mis-spelled many names and places, so you need to vary the spelling many ways! You can find information for other ports at: http://istg.rootsweb.com/ Robert Jerin