Hello, I am trying to find my grfa. who came through in 1887--I have the dates--but not seem to find out which port he had come through. Can SKS, please, help me? Thank you very much. Shannah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Fortado" <janfortado@comcast.net> To: "S. TWISS-GRIGGS" <twiss_griggs@uniserve.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:56 PM Subject: Re: From Shannah--Re: harvesting clues from Castle Garden > Here it is!!! Good luck! > > http://castlegarden.org/ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S. TWISS-GRIGGS" <twiss_griggs@uniserve.com> > To: "Jan Fortado" <janfortado@comcast.net> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:49 PM > Subject: From Shannah--Re: harvesting clues from Castle Garden > > >> Ms. Fortado, >> >> Would you, please, send me the new url for Castlegardens? >> >> Thank you very much. >> >> Shannah >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jan Fortado" <janfortado@comcast.net> >> To: <IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:14 AM >> Subject: Re: harvesting clues from Castle Garden >> >> >> Padraig, I see your point. I was not being as specific when I was >> referring >> to the search. Most of my family have had only "Ireland" recorded as >> place >> of origin - never a county. But at least we would want "Ireland" to be >> there. Occasionally, I suppose depending on who the person in charge of >> the >> manifest was, "Great Britain" is recorded instead of Ireland. >> >> I had hoped FOR YEARS that the Castle Garden records would be indexed. I >> had >> never heard that those indexes were being prepared. If the same folks who >> indexed Ellis Island indexed Castle Garden records, let's hope that >> improvments will be made to the site. I wonder if finances have played a >> role. >> >> Jan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pádraig Mór Ó Gealagáin" <padraigogealagain@rogers.com> >> To: <IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 10:36 AM >> Subject: Re: harvesting clues from Castle Garden >> >> >>>I still hold the point of view that Castlegarden.org's >>> website leaves very much to be desired - it certainly >>> doesn't compare at all to the Ellis Island site . >>> >>> For example, entering just the surname Galligan for the >>> period 1830-1912 brings up 611 results, of which none >>> indicated the place of last residence, but just four (4) >>> results indicated the port of departure as Limerick. They >>> don't indicate the manifest numbers, so one can't check >>> that aspect out. >>> >>> Their 'Advanced Search' facility does not provide for >>> entering a surname. But for the same period, entering >>> Limerick as the departure port showed a total of over >>> 23,000 names - no details, just a request for $45.- >>> reasonable enough, mind you - to receive the data, which >>> would be over 22,000 non-Galligan names. >>> >>> Even though $45. is reasonable, I would be wasting my time >>> and money, for as I said above, the 611 of the name did not >>> give the place of last residence. In an email I brought >>> these points to their attention, but have not as yet >>> received a reply from them. >>> >>> Pádraig Mór >>> [ An Sean-Ghabhar - Milis agus Dilis!] >>> [The Old Goat - Sweet and Faithful !] >>> >>> **** Please Reply Only to the List **** >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> >>> To: <IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Cc: <padraigogealagain@rogers.com> >>> Sent: Friday Aug 12, 2005 9:01 AM >>> Subject: harvesting clues from Castle Garden >>> >>> >>>> >>>> While individual passengers may be listed as "from" >>> Ireland or Great >>>> Britain, it can sometimes be fruitful to determine where >>> the vessel came >>>> from. You can find this by looking at microfilm of the >>> manifest itself. >>>> While the majority of ships left from Liverpool or >>> Queenstown, sometimes >>>> smaller vessels are shown as having originated in places >>> like Youghal or >>>> Waterford, or even Galway. This information can help you >>> focus your >>>> search on a particular region. For example, with so many >>> vessels picking >>>> up passengers in Queenstown, why would someone take a >>> boat from Youghal >>>> unless they lived near there. And it's unlikely that >>> anyone from the >>>> southern counties would make their way to Derry to get a >>> boat for America. >>>> None of this is definitive. It's just deductive >>> reasoning. >>>> >>>> It's also worth looking at the manifest itself to learn >>> how big the vessel >>>> was and how long the voyage took. It doesn't add >>> genealogical >>>> information, but it does tell you something about their >>> experience. >>>> >>>> -dja >>> >>> ______________________________ >> >> ______________________________ >> > >