Am I missing something?  I distinctly remember accessing my family records for a Baltimore arrival, thru the Castle Garden records.  I know find there is a search available for Baltimore Ship Lists, thru Ancestry.com.  How did we go from getting this information free, to having to suscribe to Ancestry to access it?  Thomas A Borns Blue Springs MO USA Carpe Diem.

Didn't the same thing happen to the social security death index? Used to be free, now a subscription to ancestry is required. Woe is us. -----Original Message----- Am I missing something?  I distinctly remember accessing my family records for a Baltimore arrival, thru the Castle Garden records.  I know find there is a search available for Baltimore Ship Lists, thru Ancestry.com.  How did we go from getting this information free, to having to suscribe to Ancestry to access it? Carpe Diem.

The LDS has an institutional subscription to Ancestry (and some other commercial family history sites). So you can go to your local LDS family history library to view the record for free. Some public libraries also have access to Ancestry. The Castle Garden and Baltimore records will be separate records, however a ship that called at both ports will be recorded in both sets of records. David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Borns Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:05 AM Am I missing something? I distinctly remember accessing my family records for a Baltimore arrival, thru the Castle Garden records. I know find there is a search available for Baltimore Ship Lists, thru Ancestry.com. How did we go from getting this information free, to having to suscribe to Ancestry to access it? Thomas A Borns Blue Springs MO USA