Did your German ancestors travel by ship from the British Isles between 1890 and 1960? You can now search the UK records of 30 million passengers on thousands of ships sailing to destinations worldwide. Findmypast.com, in association with UK The National Archives, Kew, London, England has announced ancestorsonboard, a new database featuring BT27 Outward Passenger Lists for long-distance voyages leaving the British Isles from 1960 right back to 1890. With ancestorsonboard, you can search for records of individuals or groups of people leaving for destinations including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and USA featuring ports such as Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Passengers include not only immigrants and emigrants, but also businessmen, diplomats and tourists. Images of the passenger lists are available to download, view, save and print. BT refers to the UK Board of Trade (the precursor of the modern-day Department of Trade & Industry) which from 1786 to 1970 set policy and regulated trade with Britain colonies and the rest of the world. 27 simply refers to the series number at The National Archives (TNA) in Kew, London, where the original documents are held. http://www.ancestorsonboard.com ------------------------------------ David A Lord PS and disclaimer: I have no connection whatsoever with the organisations mentioned here and give no specific recommendations. I am merely passing on a piece of news that may help you find Pommern and other German ancestors who travelled via the UK to other lands. The announcement of this digitization of BT27 would seem to indicate the UK National Archives are becoming more organised for on-line searching [albeit, at a cost to the searcher]. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.10/625 - Release Date: 13/01/2007 17:40