Actually Oswego was a port of entry from Canada. It was cheaper to travel from England to Canada than England to the US....Jenny > > > In a message dated 5/26/2006 8:03:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > DRafky@dadeschools.net writes: > > What about other ports > of entry on the east coast - what were they and is info readily > available? > > > Dave, it greatly depends on what time frame you are looking at. Yes, > there > are ports up and down the east coast. All records start at about 1820, > when > the law came into effect that captains had to submit passenger lists. > (that > is in the USA, in Canada they didn't have a law until 1865). The records > are > on microfilm and can be rented at your local LDS Family History Center or > through some libraries or Archives branches. Passenger records are filed > according to date of arrival. From 1892 to 1924 the Ellis Island site is > free to > search, also the fairly new Castle Garden site (NY arrivals from > 1820-1892) > There are quite a few records online, indexes etc. at ancestry.com (pay > for > view), ISTG, etc. Sheila > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > List Administrator Bonita Shafer > Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com > sagemarie98@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > List Administrator Bonita Shafer > Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com > sagemarie98@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >