I have just found a wonderful little book, 167 pages, called A TRUE PICTURE OF EMIGRATION about the John Burlend and Rebecca Burlend who sailed from Liverpool on 09-31-1831 on the HOME to New Orleans arriving on the First Sunday of November 1831 and travelling then to Pikes County Illinois, near St. Louis and continues through 1845. It is an easy read, describes the trip across, the trip up the Mississippi, the first year and all the trials they encountered through the next several years. It is in narrative form, and is similar to a diary, but not a day-by-day accounting. I would suggest it to any who are currently looking at passenger lists -- if only to see what might have happened to your elders those few hours before they WALKED up the plank..... I would suggest it certainly for anyone who has found their elders travelling via the HOME! Only a few names are cited in the book....and they are indexed in the book...... If it can still be purchased, it would be a nice little thing for your collection. Or try interlibrary loan - "A TRUE PICTURE OF EMIGRATION" First Bison Book Printing, 1987 - University of Nebraska Press, Originally published in New York, Citadel Press, 1968 ISBN 0-8032-1198-8 ISBN 0-08032-6083-0 (paperback) by Rebecca Burlend and her son Edward Burlend valentine____________________ at valentine53179@hotmail.com . . . . . Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.comGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com