Thanks Valorie, This is a great source. Don Queen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valorie Zimmerman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 5:19 PM Subject: [MacQueen] CastleGarden.org > The Castle Garden Database is now online. You can presently search New > York passenger arrivals from 1830-1892. > > http://www.castlegarden.org/ > > A search for Mc Queen brought 137 matches! Here are the first ten : > > Firstname Lastname Occupation Age Sex Arrived Origin Ship > > THOMAS W. MC QUEEN Gentleman 28 M 1884-09-22 USA Alaska > SAM MC QUEEN Butcher 24 M 1885-10-14 Scotland Anchoria > JOHN MC QUEEN Bricklayer, Maurer 20 M 1880-05-04 Scotland Anchoria > JOHN MC QUEEN Engine Driver 40 M 1880-05-04 Scotland Anchoria > THOMAS MC QUEEN Stone Cutter 24 M 1881-05-11 Scotland Anchoria > MRS. MC QUEEN Unknown 40 F 1878-04-02 Scotland Anchoria > JOHN MC QUEEN Bricklayer, Maurer 21 M 1885-05-27 Scotland Anchoria > UNKNOWN MC QUEEN Infant 909 M 1878-04-02 Scotland Anchoria > THOMAS MC QUEEN Draper 22 M 1880-11-16 Scotland Anchoria > JOHN MC QUEEN Stone Cutter 23 M 1881-05-11 Scotland Anchoria > > Searching for McQueen with no space got 40 results. MacQueen 12, Mac Queen > 2. > > The website says, in part: > > CastleGarden.org offers free access to an extraordinary database of > information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year > Ellis > Island opened.... From 1855 to 1890, the Castle was America's first > official > immigration center, a pioneering collaboration of New York State and New > York > City. > > CastleGarden.org is an invaluable resource for educators, scholars, > students, > family historians, and the interested public. Currently the site hosts 10 > million records, and support is needed to complete the digitization of the > remaining 2 million records, beginning in 1820, from the original ship > manifests. > > Have fun! > > Valorie > > > ==== MacQueen Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb has created a resource page for us, with a number of searches > and other goodies: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/a/MACQUEEN > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 > >