> I know my ancestors came over 1867-1868. A mother and three > children travelling together. I have searched from 1865-70 on > CastleGarden, Ancestry, NARA, etc. Their surname is Cohen, but I > have searched under the Cohen variants (Kahn, Cohn, Kaplan, and many > others) to no avail. I have searched on first names also. There > were three children, Abraham, Lena and William. I have searched on > their first names, possible hebrewe names and variants thereof, > leaving surname field blank. I have been to the JewishGen site > which was no help at all. US naturalization records that early > yield no information other than "country". They were Russians who > came from Poland, but may have travelled through Germany or the U.K. > > Are there missing passenger records in this time frame. NARA > records seem to be especially light in these years? > > Can anybody help me break through this stone wall? > > "Andrew Cohen" <andyco50@verizon.net> Just a thought but are you checking just the arrivals for a particular port? Family history had our ancestors arriving in New York, when in reality they came into port at Baltimore, Md. when I finally discovered them. Go figure. These records are full of surprises :o) Nancy Nancy <nposs1936@yahoo.com>