In a message dated 17/05/00 7:17:14 AM Central Daylight Time, mmrbm@ameritech.net writes: << Rob MacLean's posting about ancestors who departed by ship from Ft. William made me wonder about the names of ships leaving Scotland. I never realized that any emigrant ships sailed from Ft. William, a logical port from someone from Skye. Is there a list anywhere of the names of ships that went from Scotland to the United States in the 1850s? What ports other than Ft. William might they have used? Unfortunately, the volume of immigrant ships landing in NY and Philadelphia is long and most of the passenger lists have not been transcribed, particularly list of passengers sailing from Scotland. Marion Markham >> There were sailings from Glasgow, Inverness, Ft.William, Skye, Lewis, Harris, and many other areas when ships were under sail, later the big liners needed deep ports like Glasgow, Liverpool, SouthHampton etc. I don't know what ship records you have been into but here is what I have. DaveM. <A HREF="http://search.aol.com/redirect.adp?appname=QBP&query=%83%c1%0a%d7%7d%26% a3%95%13%1a%83%e1%65%6b%de%3d%8b%23%64%a5%80%0f%da%a3%f8%c1%2c%86%f8%ba%82%2e% f3%44%fe%45%11%80%ca%7b%9c%6e%82%5d%33%9c%70%e3%2b%da%4b%2b%62%f2%13%a0%2d%aa% 45%56%f5%8c%1c%9e%b1%c2%40%5d%7a%17%8d%2b%2c%5d%f7%56%8d%86%67%8d%98%78%86%c8% b0%fe%44%d3%4d%7b%1e%aa%bb%e9%a5%c1%1e%94%e3%fb%a7%2c%27%5c%70%24%aa%24%d6%d5% eb%39%50%eb%4d%74%aa%4d%c3%e2%fe%c2%1d%f6%05%d5%cd%93%df%0a%69%1f%33%0c%0f%5d" >Ship Manifests and Passenger Lists</A> <A HREF="http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/immpass.html">Immig rant and Passenger Arrivals on Microfilm</A> <A HREF="http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/rg85.html#nyk">Immi grant and Passenger Arrivals--INS</A> <A HREF="http://aolsearch.aol.com/dirsearch.adp?query=Ship%20Passenger%20lists">A OL Search: Search Results for "Ship Passenger lists"</A> <A HREF="http://aolsearch.aol.com/dirsearch.adp?query=Ship%20Passenger%20lists">A OL Search: Search Results for "Ship Passenger lists"</A> <A HREF="http://search.aol.com/redirect.adp?appname=QBP&query=%83%c1%0a%d7%7d%26% a3%95%13%1a%83%e1%65%6b%de%3d%8b%23%64%a5%80%0f%da%a3%f8%c1%2c%86%f8%ba%82%2e% 16%a7%0f%70%38%8f%1a%0a%7a%72%ca%30%dd%bd%bf%e6%a9%55%48%87%c3%db%1a%d1%b1%a6% 54%f3%42%67%36%4f%fe%53%da%33%bf%9b%64%01%db%b9%52%61%1e%99%4e%2a%4c%50%bd%db% ec%99%ee%9c%0e%bb%6f%ad%93%be%82%f1%8a%a0%e8%d0%59%53%08%ee%c9%14%74%4c%29%06% 05%ff%ac%21%d5%82%a0%4e%6b%99%32%37%5b%b2%f7%6a%0e%03">Start Here! Directory of Passenger Ship Arrivals</A> <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Gaghjayan/passmain.htm">Passenger List Main Page< /A> <A HREF="http://scroots.org/ships.html">SCRoots, Ships and Passengers</A > <A HREF="http://search.aol.com/redirect.adp?appname=QBP&query=%83%c1%0a%d7%7d%26% a3%95%13%1a%83%e1%65%6b%de%3d%8b%23%64%a5%80%0f%da%a3%f8%c1%2c%86%f8%ba%82%2e% 89%f7%62%c8%06%89%38%1e%a2%d7%47%b7%f7%ef%75%b4%a9%9a%b0%3b%da%21%4c%8a%03%3f% 9a%01%ef%8f%44%f7%3b%b4%14%15%63%17%57%b1%88%a4%74%4e%ab%ea%e6%99%3e%2c%b4%d5% a6%fc%bf%61%f8%bb%8e%dd%7c%2e%88%14%c0%c5%5a%eb%9e%85%9d%ab">Cyndi's List - Ships & Passenger Lists</A> <A HREF="http://freespace.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/ships.htm">Passenger Lists </A> <A HREF="http://freespace.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/us.htm">US Sites </A> <A HREF="http://www.netmender.net/genelogy/passlist.html">Passenger & Ships Lists</A> <A HREF="http://www.pgsa.org/primer.htm">Primer of Emigration, Immigration, etc.</A> <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html">PASSENGER LISTS ON THE INTERNET</A> <A HREF="http://listserv.northwest.com/~haight/Ships.htm">Ships< /A> <A HREF="http://www.theshipslist.com/">TheShipsList Home Page</A> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/Emigration.html">http://www.geoc ities.com/Heartland/5978/Emigration.html</A> <A HREF="http://genealogy.org/%7Epalam/ia_index.htm">On-line Immigrant Ancestor Register Index</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ship_1900.htm">THE OLIVE TREE GENEALOGY:Index to Passenger Lists</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/tousa1650_1700.htm">THE OLIVE TREE GENEALOGY:Ships' Passenger Lists to United States of America</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/shipindx.htm">THE OLIVE TREE GENEALOGY:Ships' Passenger Lists Index by Year</A> <A HREF="http://www.nara.gov/nara/regional/02nsgil.html">General Information about the National Archives-Northeast Region</A> <A HREF="http://unix6.nysed.gov/holding/fact/natur-fa.htm">New York State Archives Naturalization & Related Records</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/caroship.htm">The OLIVE TREE Genealogy Homepage</A> <A HREF="http://www.cimorelli.com/safescripts/unique_steamer_c.asp">Select a Ship for Detail Records</A> <A HREF="http://www.cimorelli.com/safescripts/ship_date.asp?Beginwith=Cameronia"> SAFE - Ships Arriving From Europe 1890 - 1930</A> Hope this helps Dave M.