Hi, John - Before 1855 the passengers simply got off the ship to whatever wharf they had arrived in Manhattan, not having to go through a central processing center. However, there are still passenger lists for many of these people. I have a passenger list from April 1839 with my g-g-grandfather's name (among 200+ other passengers). If you give me the name of your g-g-grandparents, maybe I can find them. Dorothy

Dorothy, Thanks for responding so quickly! My Great (2) Grandparents were John Paul & Sophia Bastian who came over in 1850. Possibly not together??? Thanks! John ----- Original Message ----- From: <Stewartdor@aol.com> To: <pfalz@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 10:16 PM Subject: [Pfalz] Entry Into New York > > Hi, John - > > Before 1855 the passengers simply got off the ship to whatever wharf they > had arrived in Manhattan, not having to go through a central processing > center. > However, there are still passenger lists for many of these people. I > have a > passenger list from April 1839 with my g-g-grandfather's name (among 200+ > other passengers). > > If you give me the name of your g-g-grandparents, maybe I can find them. > > Dorothy > > > ********* > Information for list members: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >