Heading for my local library tomorrow to check out what Ancestry has to offer! I just thought that since FamilySearch and Ancestry are connected, the format for the Philly Immigation lists would be the same in both places. Thanks! > From: lfenimore@columbus.rr.com > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:00:29 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Immigration Lists on Family Search > > Susan, > > The Philadelphia immigration lists should all be on Ancestry. Your local > public library may have a subscription and they are indexed. It takes some > patience because people don't always arrive the year they say in the census. > > You can see the original passenger list, too. Finding someone who arrived > before 1821 will be difficult as those lists are not plentiful. > > Using Ancestry is much easier than the old indexes and those huge microfilm > reels. > > Liane > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message