Hello John You may be lucky and find something. It is indeed often hard with some names to know whether they are definitely your guy, but I did once find a whole family of ancestors that could not have been coincidence together. It might be worth your while consulting sites like Ancestry. Regarding your NEWPORTs, I haven't seen the actual emigration ship or date and it remains to be seen whether that turns up, but I did see what looks like a visit they made back 'home' from the US in 1926. William Newport, Mary Newport, Victor Newport and Eva Newport arrived on the Cunard Caronia at Plymouth England from New York around 31 July/2nd August 1926. They gave their previous country of residence as the USA and their address in the UK 1926 as 25 Crosby/Gresby/Eresby Road, London NW, hard to read. At first I thought the names might be coincidental, but from the 1901 census return I see that William Newport and Mary living in Hampstead did indeed have a son Victor the approximately the right age. And William's occupation seems to tie in as well, in the wood carving branch. So at least you can narrow their departure date down a few years. And with the information just come in from the 1930 census, that takes you further. Have you seen them in the 1911 census in England? HTH Katie de Haan The Netherlands -----Original Message----- From: middlesex_county_uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:middlesex_county_uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Newport Sent: donderdag 22 juli 2010 14:33 To: middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDX] Help with emigration to the USA William and Mary Ann NEWPORT, emigrated, with their family, to the USA sometime after the 1901 census and before 1931. Is it possible to find when they emigrated knowing only the names of the family members and their ages (from the 1901 census)? They were living, I believe, in Hampstead but I have no idea where they would have left from or where they would have arrived in the States. The task sounds impossible to me but I've been surprised in the past so, I thought, someone may know of a way. I don't know where to start. John ************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message