----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> To: <IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <padraigogealagain@rogers.com> Sent: Saturday Aug 13, 2005 8:17 AM Subject: Re: harvesting clues from Castle Garden > > padraigogealagain@rogers.com said: > > 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. > > I'm not sure about the 1830-1912 listing being exclusively Castle Garden > as it ceased to function as an immigrant processing center in 1890. As > for "manifest numbers" I'm not sure what that means, but when I am looking > at manifests for a given port of arrival and time period on microfilm from > the National Archives, they are arranged by date. The manifest is what gives > the port of origin and type of vessel. This information is generally not > available on microfilm indexes available from the National Archives. SNIP>> -dja > The dates I quoted (1830-1912) are those that appear on the search page of the Castle Garden website - you're right, of course, Castle Garden ceased as a clearing depot in 1890. Manifest Numbers?: Well, as you likely know, every manifest has to have a reference number and a date. For example, on the Ellis Islnad site, this number is hyper-linked, so one can click it and see a copy of the manifest. Pádraig Mór [ An Sean-Ghabhar - Milis agus Dilis!] [The Old Goat - Sweet and Faithful !] **** Please Reply Only to the List ****