Lisa: These records are nowhere near complete. If you hit on something you are lucky. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa J. Thompson" <LisaJT@mchsi.com> To: <NYQUEENS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 6:32 PM Subject: [QUEENS] NY Passenger lists on Ancestry.com > Does anyone know if these are supposed to be complete? I haven't had much > luck with them. I know my ancestors came to NY in the mid-1800's and would > have come through Castle Garden. (All are too early for Ellis, > unfortunately.) > > I have noticed that the 2 records I found that I think are matches are > both horrendously transcribed. (I do volunteer transcription for FreeBMD > so I do appreciate how hard it is but I also would never get away with > such shoddy transcription.) For instance, "Mrs. M. Murray" is in the > ancestry.com index as "Mick Murray". At least they had her sex down > correctly as female. I think I've found my ancestor, "Mr. Robt. Waddell" > but he is in the index as a female named "Mrs. R. D. Waddell". I'll grant > them that the "ob" in Robert are almost invisible and could be mistaken as > R.D. but he is clearly marked M for male and is travelling with his wife! > > One other question -- my WADDELLs were in Newark, NJ (late 1860's) before > returning to Scotland and later returning to the US to settle in Maspeth > (ca. 1900). Would they have come through Castle Garden or a port in NJ? > > Lisa > - - - - > > researching WADDELL, LEBRIGHT, DAVIES and BLAUSTEN all in Maspeth > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Bill Thanks! In a way I was hoping they were complete (my only chance of finding exactly when they immigrated) but in a way I'm glad they're not (since I'm not having much luck). Lisa * * * * Lisa Thompson TAC Angel #482 - http://www.geocities.com/lisajtMO/gallery. html "The ornaments of our house are the friends that frequent it." ~ Emerson