Hi Michelle, My maternal grandfather worked for Lamport & Holt Line (AKA L&H) from 1889 thru 1897 on their New York to River Plate service. Shipping Companies: _http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/ShipCompanyWebsites.html_ (http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/ShipCompanyWebsites.html) Lamport & Holt: _http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/lamport.html_ (http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/lamport.html) Dan Murphy Pennsylvania, US In a message dated 4/20/2011 3:14:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, micpaint.wilson@gmail.com writes: I just joined this list the day before yesterday and look forward to learning many things about sail8ing and sailors. I already have a question Could someone please tell me where the River Platte Route was? I have four generations of Sea Captains (all in the same family and all having the same name) that sailed out of Liverpool from 1780's to 1880's and several of the ships, when sailing to South America (Brazil and Argentina) also included the River Platte Route but when I googled it all I got was the Platte River in Middle USA. Michelle Vermont USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message