Unfortunately, Port of Entry means the first port of the US that a ship stops, and does not necessarily mean where passengers disembarked. Your gr grandfather may have disembarked in New York, but if the ship first stopped at another US port that will be the port of entry. Wisest thing is to start checking Boston and Philadelphia and work further in either direction. Sandra -----Original Message----- From: Gayle and Rick Bright <randgbright@ihug.co.nz> To: mi-genealogy@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 18 May 2009 2:19 pm Subject: Re: [MI-GENEALOGY] Germanic to New York 1881 Does anyone know if the ships stopped elsewhere in the States before going to New York? My Gt Grandfather's destination was Bay City, Michigan and we have paperwork suggesting he was on the Germanic going to New York in June 1881. However, I can find no record of him arriving at Castle Garden. I was wondering if he could have got off at Boston? Many thanks Gayle ***************************** The theme of this list is Michigan genealogy and research. Please respect others by keeping your postings to this theme. MI-Genealogy Mail List Information http://www.migenweb.net/maillist.html ***************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GENEALOGY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message