In a message dated Wed, 1 Nov 2000 7:06:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Lisa Thanks for the heads-up about the microfilm. However, when I first acquiredmy naturalization docs with the dates of arrival, I tried searching forships whose dates of arrival coincided with the arrival dates on the naturalization docs. I didn't have any luck matching a ship with the dateson the docs in order to get the passenger lists. Are you telling me thatthe microfilm you mentioned is in date order such that I wouldn't need toknow the name of the ship?>> Lisa, Good morning. Yes, the film is in date order. Next step is to view the passenger names, ship by ship for that date and if not found, then search a couple days previous and after the date given on the natl pprs. Many times the ship came into port a day before or after the date registered on the passenger list. If the ship passenger list your ancestors was filmed, it'll be on the roll of film. What would cause a list NOT to be filmed would be damaged beyond recognition or it was lost or destroyed. Beverly