Some may find names here they are looking for. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 5:48 PM Subject: [IRISH-NYC] Fwd: Alms House Records w/ Ships Names 1855-1858 > Message forwarded from [email protected] > > Hello everyone, > > New York City was a very busy port for ships. One of the > difficult things about searching for ancestors arriving > there is that the ships passenger lists aren't indexed from > 1847 to 1896. > > However I've been working on a project to transcribe the > Alms House Admission Foreigners & Nativity Records ( New > York City, NY) Bond Registers 1855-1858. > > These records contain the names of individuals who were > impoverished, and who sought help at the Almshouse. The > transcribed records contain the place of birth of each > individual as well as the name of the ship they sailed on to > reach N. America. The year of arrival is also noted, and the > ports of departure and arrival. This is a wonderful resource > for the unindexed NY years! > > Dating back to the colonial era, New York City assumed > responsibility for its citizens who were destitute, sick, > homeless, or otherwise unable to care for themselves. > > The city maintained an almshouse, various hospitals, and a > workhouse on Blackwell's Island (now called Roosevelt > Island) for the poor. > > The information fields are: Date of Admission, Name, Age, > Nativity, Time of Arrival, Port Sailed From, Port Arrived > At, Ship, Captain, Married or Single, Who Can Identify Them, > How Many Times on The Island, Remarks > > The index to the records can be found at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ny_alms1855.htm > > Here is an example of the kinds of information found in the > Almshouse records: > > In Mar 1856 John Coleman, age 15, single, from Ireland > applied for relief. He told the clerk of the Almshouse that > sailed from Liverpool on the Ship Ontario, arriving on 19 > Dec. 1855 in New York. He didn't know the Captain's name, > and had no one to vouch for him from New York City. It was > his first time 'on the island" (meaning applying for > relief). He was discharged in April 1856 > > Sometimes comments were added in the column for death or > discharge dates. For example, poor Bridget Connor applied > for relief on Apr 30, 1855. Bridget, 26, a spinster from > Ireland told the clerk she sailed "about 20 months ago" from > Tralee to Quebec. > > Bridget gave her ship name as Payoo or Payne, Captain > O'Donohan commanding. This was her third time on the > island,and the clerk recorded "Stupid" beside her discharge > date of 16 Jan. '57 (If you find an ancestor with such a > notation, or "insane" , don't be alarmed - sometimes not > knowing how to add was enough to be labelled as "stupid"!) > > The places of origin and of arrival are not all New York. > Ports of arrival include Quebec, Boston, NY, Philadelphia, > New Orleans, and more. > > Places of origin include Ireland, Gilbraltar, Germany, > England, Canada, Switzerland, Holland and more > > Start your search of these free records at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ny_alms1855.htm > > Surnames F, M, Mc, S and W were added today. A big thank you > goes to volunteer Nancy Profit for her hard work in > transcribing those surnames. > > This set of records adds to the existing records I have > already transcribed and put online for the NYC Almshouse for > 1819-1827 (with 1828 to 1840 to follow) starting at > > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ny_alms1819.shtml > > I hope you enjoy this set of records; it's great fun > reading and transcribing these wonderful entries! > > **Please feel free to forward this message to anyone you > think might be interested** > > Lorine > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_newyork.sh > tml NARA & FHC film numbers for NY passenger lists after > 1820 > > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_ny.shtml > Passenger Lists to New York all years > > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchnyships.shtml > Search Engine for online Internet Passenger Lists to NY >