Sorry for the CONFUSION. I must have had another senior moment. I meant 1878, not 1778, in my earlier message query: Does anyone on this list have a working knowledge of the availability of passenger lists for immigrants entering the Port of Providence - for the year 1878? I have checked NARA and the Family Search website of the LDS FHL, but have been unable to find even the images, let alone indexes, for that year. Was the port closed to the public during this period? Was there normal traffic, but the lists were lost or damaged? If the first reason is correct, where did most of the immigrants residing in Providence during the 1880 Census enter the country? Howard