Gail - Thanks for the reply. I looked through the whole passenger list to see if I recognized any names but I have no one in the family to ask. Oh well . . . In a message dated 12/28/2009 11:01:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Most of the passenger lists I've seen are listed alphabetically. I was just researching a person who came on a ship, age 17. The ship passenger list showed she was 1 of 2 parties, but there was no way to know who the other person was. There was no one else there with her surname. She could have come with an aunt or a cousin. As could your 11 yr old. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 7:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PaOldC] Immigration Question Is it possible? Would an 11 yr old girl travel alone from Hamburg Germany to NYC in 1894 to come live with her sister and sister's husband? If she was not traveling alone, would her guardian be listed before or after her on the Passenger list? I don't recognize the names before or after her listing and have no one to ask. The Passenger List does not have a destination listed. On the Ellis Island site I found that 12 years old was the cutoff age for determining if someone was a child or not. But could not find the age for traveling alone. Anyone have any thoughts? Karen ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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