Hi there As one who has literally examined thousands of passenger lists, it would be far better to examine the lists themselves. Even though they qre not in any order, people from the same area (village) usually traveled together. Be cqreful examining the lists, the spelllings of last names is notoriously incorrect and surnames are often misspelled. As are the names of ancestral villages. Often you will find other people from the same village on the lists. Please remember to keep these as they may turn out to be cousins of the passenger. The joys of examining these is beyond belief. The nearest relative given (after 1907) are usually one of the parents of the passenger or perhaps amptjer relative. Thus you might find unplanned info. I hope this helps Jim Tye Debbie Greenlee <daveg@airmail.net> wrote: It is always better to view the actual (even microfilmed) records yourself. I'm not sure what you meant "They are in alphabetical order according to the year at the History Centers?" Viewing the appropriate Passenger Arrival Record on microfilm, whether at a branch of NARA (National Archives Records Administration) or a rented film from LDS at a Family History Center can bring results you didn't get using ancestry.com or Ellis Island database. Debbie bbmay1 wrote: > What is your opinion of the lists of passengers arriving in the U.S.. They are in alphabetical order according to the year at the History Centers? How accurate are they? Or is it better to check the individual ships with their lists of the passengers that arrived on the ships? I hope you can follow me on this. ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, If you use Stephen Morse's site for searching you can search by the name of the town/city. http://www.stevemorse.org/ Val On 14 May 2008 at 15:21, JAMES TYE <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi there > > As one who has literally examined thousands of passenger lists, it > would be far better to examine the lists themselves. Even though > they qre not in any order, people from the same area (village) > usually traveled together. Be cqreful examining the lists, the > spelllings of last names is notoriously incorrect and surnames are > often misspelled. As are the names of ancestral villages. Often > you will find other people from the same village on the lists. > Please remember to keep these as they may turn out to be cousins of > the passenger. The joys of examining these is beyond belief. The > nearest relative given (after 1907) are usually one of the parents > of the passenger or perhaps amptjer relative. Thus you might find > unplanned info. > > I hope this helps > > Jim Tye > > Debbie Greenlee <daveg@airmail.net> wrote: > It is always better to view the actual (even microfilmed) records > yourself. > > I'm not sure what you meant "They are in alphabetical order according > to the year at the History Centers?" > > Viewing the appropriate Passenger Arrival Record on microfilm, whether > at a branch of NARA (National Archives Records Administration) or a > rented film from LDS at a Family History Center can bring results you > didn't get using ancestry.com or Ellis Island database. > > Debbie > > > bbmay1 wrote: > > What is your opinion of the lists of passengers arriving in the > > U.S.. > They are in alphabetical order according to the year at the History > Centers? How accurate are they? Or is it better to check the > individual ships with their lists of the passengers that arrived on > the ships? I hope you can follow me on this. > ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? > Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, > and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays > pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the > list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the > list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this > list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the > list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message