Hi everyone I've just finished putting more ships online on Olive Tree Genealogy for the year 1854 from the J & J Cooke Shipping Agents Records. These are the Passenger Books of J & J Cooke, Shipping Agents with sailings from Londonderry to Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Quebec, St. John, New Brunswick and New Orleans Louisiana from 1847 to 1871 The index to the ships I have online so far from JJ Cooke Records is at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jjcooke.shtml To go directly to the new ships, use the links below: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jj_mauritius54-qu.shtml Mauritius Ireland to Quebec 1854 http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jj_maryann54-stj2.shtml Mary Ann First Journey Ireland to St. John, New Brunwsick 1854 http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jj_maryann54-stj.shtml Mary Ann Second Journey Ireland to St. John, New Brunwsick 1854 These lists to Canada (above) help to fill in the pre-1865 unarchived years for Passenger Lists to Canada, so be sure to have a look if you think your ancestors may have gone that route. Many USA destined passengers sailed by way of a Canadian port as it was much cheaper. I also added the following ships to Pennsylvania, from the JJ Cooke Shipping Records: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jj_superior54-pa.shtml Superior Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1854 http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jj_edward54-pa.shtml Edward Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1854 http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jj_garland54-pa.shtml Garland Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1854 http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jj_libuina54-pa.shtml Libuina Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1854 http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jj_argentinus54- pa.shtml Argentinus Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1854 (This is a 2 line URL, you can't click on it. You have to copy and paste BOTH lines into your web browser) I also time last week making some big changes on my Ships Passenger Lists section. The navigation system is different now, and hopefully easier for you to use. Take your time and check it out, it requires more clicking through the website, but should be less confusing for visitors I also created pages for Ships Passenger Lists to Quebec http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/qu_ships.shtml Ships Passenger Lists to New Brunswick http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nb_ships.shtml and Ships Passenger Lists to Nova Scotia http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ns_ships.shtml As always, the secret to successful hunting on Olive Tree Genealogy pages is to slow down. :-) 3 Steps to Finding an Ancestor 1. Let each page load completely BEFORE you click on a choice 2. Scroll DOWN each page, take a quick look to see what is offered BEFORE you click on a choice 3. Start at the top again. Read the page! Don't just click on the first thing you see :-) I know how impatient and eager we all are to find that ancestor *but* if you click too fast you may not know what you are clicking on. S L O W down, it's a big site you can't see it all in one day. 4. All databases on all my sites are F R E E. There is never a charge to view the thousands of databases you will find on Olive Tree or my other sites. Curious what other sites I created and maintain? It's a long list! But here goes..... Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ Olive Tree Genealogy part II http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ Naturalization Records USA & Canada http://naturalizationrecords.com/ Past Voices: Letters Home (collections of letters) http://pastvoices.com/ Kent County Ontario GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~onkent/ Town of Chesterfield, Cheshire Co. New Hampshire USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/nh/chesterfield.htm Town of Fitzwilliam, Cheshire Co. New Hampshire USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/nh/fitzwilliam.htm Town of Keene, Cheshire Co. New Hampshire USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/nh/keene.htm Town of Marlborough, Cheshire Co. New Hampshire USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/nh/marlborough.htm Town of Westmoreland, Cheshire Co. New Hampshire USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/nh/westmoreland.htm Family Branches (user-submitted family trees) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myfamilybranches/ Great War Homepage (WWI) http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/ The Canadian Military Heritage Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ **Search over 5,000 Ships Passenger Lists to USA http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml **Search Ships Passenger Lists to Canada http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml ** Naturalization Records at http://naturalizationrecords.com/ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ otg@csolve.net