CORRECTION: This is what I get for responding too quickly, when I should be doing something offline! My comments below should have been about the ELLIS ISLAND site, not CASTLE GARDEN. I've had difficulty consistently with Ellis Island, whose spelling of surnames is usually better than that of Castle Garden In both instances, highly recommend using: stevemorse.org at the top. Steve's site also includes ship arrivals to ports other than NYC. FYI RE NYC ARRIVALS: ELLIS ISLAND Records >1892 - 1924 CASTLE GARDEN Records> 1855- 1891 Pre-1855 ships found through Ancestry.com When known, you can search ships manifest via stevemorse.org. Steve & friends are brilliant techincal men. who offer guidance to all nationallities, many time frames. It is a site worthy of your time and exploration. Barb Metro NYC Researcher > > > ======================= > I have a question does Ellis island have information for people arriving > 1888. I thought it was Castle Gardens or the Barge where there is limited > info > > -----Original Message----- > From: MizScarlettNY <[email protected]> > To: nywestch <[email protected]>; NY-IRISH <[email protected]>; > NYNEWYOR <[email protected]>; NYBrooklyn <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 9:38 am > Subject: Re: [BKLYN] [NYWESTCH] Castle Garden > > Dear Bill Hinkle, > > I don't rely on the Castle Garden website for information, basically > because I ran into the same dilemma as you have, consistently. They are > supposed > > to be a free website, and seek donations, but that's no excuse for > incorrect > or absent information. > > May I suggest that your try http://stevemorse.org/ first. The Ellis Island > > information is right at the top of Steve's page. I think you'll have more > > success here. > > Best O'Luck, > Barb > Metro NYC Researcher > ========== > > > [email protected] writes: > > Not too long ago, I searched the Castle Garden website to find when my > > Irish ancestors arrived. I was able to find my Thomas Lyons age 9, who > > settled in Ossining NY, arriving on the ship "City of Cork" in 1865. I > listed > > > all the Lyons' arriving on that ship to see who his relatives might be. > > > > I tried Castle Garden again to replicate the original information and to > > > see if I might have missed something. > > > > Now when I enter the information, I get a message that the search > request > > returned no results. I even tried listing the name of the ship, the > year, > > etc. etc. No luck at all. > > > > >

Barb Below are the May, 2012 appearances of Steve Morse. May 12: Bethpage, NY: Italian Genealogical Group May 16: New York, NY: New York Public Library, 42nd Street Branch May 19: Olyphant, PA: Genealogical Research Society of Northern Pennsylvania May 20: Plainview, NY: Jewish Genealogical Society of Long Island The three latter appearances are his presentation of "Getting Ready for the 1940 Census - Searching Without a Name Index". His presentation at the Italian Genealogical Group is yet to be determined. If you can attend a Steve Morse presentation you will enjoy him and his lecture. He is not only brilliant but very personable. We who do family research are very lucky that Steve Morse has shared his gift with us. His talent totally amazes me and the list of his One-Step WebPages just gets longer each year. Elaine Long Island, New York -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 10:48 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [BKLYN] CORRECTION: Castle Garden CORRECTION: This is what I get for responding too quickly, when I should be doing something offline! My comments below should have been about the ELLIS ISLAND site, not CASTLE GARDEN. I've had difficulty consistently with Ellis Island, whose spelling of surnames is usually better than that of Castle Garden In both instances, highly recommend using: stevemorse.org at the top. Steve's site also includes ship arrivals to ports other than NYC. FYI RE NYC ARRIVALS: ELLIS ISLAND Records >1892 - 1924 CASTLE GARDEN Records> 1855- 1891 Pre-1855 ships found through Ancestry.com When known, you can search ships manifest via stevemorse.org. Steve & friends are brilliant techincal men. who offer guidance to all nationallities, many time frames. It is a site worthy of your time and exploration. Barb Metro NYC Researcher > > > ======================= > I have a question does Ellis island have information for people > arriving 1888. I thought it was Castle Gardens or the Barge where > there is limited info > > -----Original Message----- > From: MizScarlettNY <[email protected]> > To: nywestch <[email protected]>; NY-IRISH > <[email protected]>; NYNEWYOR <[email protected]>; NYBrooklyn > <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 9:38 am > Subject: Re: [BKLYN] [NYWESTCH] Castle Garden > > Dear Bill Hinkle, > > I don't rely on the Castle Garden website for information, basically > because I ran into the same dilemma as you have, consistently. They > are supposed > > to be a free website, and seek donations, but that's no excuse for > incorrect or absent information. > > May I suggest that your try http://stevemorse.org/ first. The Ellis > Island > > information is right at the top of Steve's page. I think you'll have > more > > success here. > > Best O'Luck, > Barb > Metro NYC Researcher > ========== > > > [email protected] writes: > > Not too long ago, I searched the Castle Garden website to find when > > my Irish ancestors arrived. I was able to find my Thomas Lyons age > > 9, who settled in Ossining NY, arriving on the ship "City of Cork" > > in 1865. I > listed > > > all the Lyons' arriving on that ship to see who his relatives might be. > > > > I tried Castle Garden again to replicate the original information > > and to > > > see if I might have missed something. > > > > Now when I enter the information, I get a message that the search > request > > returned no results. I even tried listing the name of the ship, the > year, > > etc. etc. No luck at all. > > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message