Laura, In a message dated 00-05-09 00:11:48 EDT, you write: << Does anyone know if emigrants sailing from Glasgow planned to come to Clay County directly after landing in the U.S.? >> My great grandfather was a miner when he first arrived in Clay County. I have been told that recruiters went to England and elsewhere looking for men to work the mines. In this case, people would have had a destination in mind. At the courthouse I found two documents for my great grandfather who arrived in Clay County in 1879. His Declaration of Intention (to become a U.S. citizen) was filed a little over a year after he arrived, possibly because he wanted to buy property, or his new wife wanted him to do so. His Petition for Naturalization was not done until 1906, so he waited quite awhile to actually become a citizen. The Declaration of Intention contained the following information: State of Indiana, Clay County, Sct: William Seymour states that he was born in England; that he is twenty-six years of age; that he is of the British nation; that he migrated from Liverpool on or about the 14th day of August, 1879 , and arrived in the United States on the 22nd day of August , 1879 ; that he intends settling in the United States, and owes allegiance to Victoria, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland and now declares, upon oath, before the Clerk of the Clay Circuit Court, that it is bona fide his intention to become a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Victoria, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland. Signed William Seymour The Petition for Naturalization was far more informative, as it contained information regarding his travel. He told the date that he left Liverpool (Aug 1879), the name of the ship, the port of arrival, his date and place of birth, his wife's and children's data. He sounds as if he had the destination before he left England, as he left Liverpool o/a 14 August, arrived at the port of Quebec and took a train to Port Huron, MI, and thence to Indiana by August 25th. Recently I was able to interlibrary loan a microfilm from Canada on which I found the ship list, and there he was. These two documents were in two different books, and it was ten years ago that I copied them. I can't remember why I could not get photocopies, but I hand copied the text, and also took pictures of the pages with my SLR camera. Hope this helps. Glorianne