I have heard of that happening,the trans-shipping. In the beginning I just assumed that my ggg-grandfather would have came in to Galveston. Then I was told by an aunt that he came in via Pittsburg, PA. So far I haven't found anything there, but I have not looked as hard either. I was able to find his Declaration Of Intent from Bexar County, Texas dated 1860 and it says he came in at Galveston in 1854 so that is why I am looking there again. I will keep looking at other ports though. Keep you fingers crossed! I wanted to also say thank you to all for all the advice I get. This is my husbands family that I am researching and I am on my own because the ones that would know have past away. Kerry > Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:56:51 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum > > Below is what the Galveston Immigration Database said about passengers. You probably need to search other ports. I have searched other ports, with a bunch of tricks without any success. Probably have not hit the correct misspelling or that particuliar passenger list has not been done. > > "The database lists only those who first disembarked in Texas. Many immigrants came through New York or one of the other East Coast ports and trans-shipped to Texas. Family legend may hand down a Texas port of entry, while immigration records reflect an Eastern port." > > Russell > Texas > > ________________________________ > I did go to the Texas seaport Museum website after I posted my question and the search did work but of course I didn't find my ggg-grandfather. I wonder why? I will keep looking I guess, I know what the Declaration of Intent says but what if it was a different port? what other ports in that area could he have entered through in Dec of 1854? > > Thank you > > Kerry > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/