Randal: There is a steamship clearing house....I wrote to one years ago to find the registration on an OH steamship and they replied. However, all my stuff is packed (getting ready to "full time" in the RV) but any good library should have a book which lists all the associations in America....I believe I looked under "steamships" and came up with the address. Bonny << I would like to learn the names of the steamboats which were docked at Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky or upriver as far as Portsmouth, Ohio, between 1840 and 1861. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can gain this information? >>