A dear friend sent me this site, may just be a gold mine for some of us. Pat J. Research: National Archives Makes Some Passenger Arrival Records Available Online March 3, 2008 at 12:19 am · Filed under Source File, Genealogy, Resources for Educators, Archives and Special Collections, Databases, Directories, and Guides >From the announcement: For the first time, the National Archives and Records Administration has made available online more than 5.2 million records of some passengers who arrived during the last half of the 19th century at the ports of Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The records were transcribed from original ship manifests into electronic databases by Temple University's Center for Immigration Research at The Balch Institute. Source: NARA National Archives/Passenger Lists http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2008/nr08-69.html