Ahoy there! I have not yet been able to access the ship records. I haven;t even found them yet, but I must admit that I have not been pursuing it diligently. I've been doing other things tha took priority. The 'good ship "Athens"' departed Liverpool, England sometime in May, 1851 and arrived in Baltimore around July 24-26, 1851. I saw the ship's manifest once, at the Nationa; Archives in Washington, DC, but did not know enough to get a Reel Number for the tape, and I didn't copy anything but my ancestors' names. I figured I'd get back to it later but I never did. That was in 1978 or 1978. Ignorance is bliss (I was so proud of myself), but you pay for it later (now I can't find it (at least readily; I'll find it sooner or later). Hope this helps. I love this genealogy! Cookie, in Florida