The different National Archives (local offices) have passenger records relating to their area. Us, being in Sacramento, would have to use the San Francisco NARA office but they would only have passenger records from the West Coast. If you want to see NY or PA or MA records, then you have to go to their local offices or the main NARA in DC. However, the Family History Library has copies of many, if not all, of the films. Go to the website at FamilySearch.org and under the button, Search Records, click on Library Catalog and then click on Keyword Search. In the search record put, passenger records. Wow! See how many you can choose from. You can then go over to Eastern Avenue and order the film to view. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:07 AM, <cj.kennedy@comcast.net> wrote: > > > How could I view records at the National Archives?. > > F ew years back, I kept getting turned around and > > have not been back since. > > Is there an "URL" for a novice seeker such as myself ? > > > > Thanks, CJ Kennedy. > > Sacramento, Ca > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judith Mason" <judith.mason@ameritech.net> > To: irish-american@rootsweb.com, "ny irish" <ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com>, > "IRISH-AMERICAN" <Irish-American-L@rootsweb.com>, > New-England-Irish@rootsweb.com > Cc: IRISH-IN-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com, irl-clare-projects@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:48:50 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] Irish emigration in 1880 > > Dear Pat, > > First, thanks for the links and your fabulous website! As for CASTLE > GARDEN, the last I heard, about a year ago, this website contains only about > 10% of the arrival records due to the lack of funding. I believe all the > records are on microfilm at the National Archives. > > Thanks again! > Judie Mason > Chicago > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Pat Connors > Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 10:57:05 AM > Subject: Irish emigration in 1880 > > > Here's how I use the site. First I put in the name and with the > results, I chose a few that fit my ancestor. I write down the initial > info. I then do another search and this time I write in just the ship > and year the ship docked. Then I get the full passenger list and can > check who else came over with my person of interest. > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > > Here is a link, passed on to me, for a website that has an article that > ran in 1880 in the St Louis Post Dispatch, that Irish genealogists and > history buffs will find interesting. > http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=70157 > > You can search for Irish emigrants at the Castle Garden website. It is > a pre-Ellis Island immigration center covering 1855 to 1890 but the site > also has passenger lists going back to 1820. > http://www.castlegarden.org/ > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com