Profuse apologies. I have made two monumental errors. Firstly, the date of the passenger list is 1920, not 1820! Secondly, the list was obtained from Ancestry.com: An image from the index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of Philadelphia 1883-1945, from National Archives and Records Administration. Patricia On Mar 1, 2006, at 15:37, Chris Watts wrote: > Patricia, > Could you please provide the TNA series reference. It is that which > will > tell us the government department for whom the list was compiled and > thus > give us a chance to guess what these anotation might mean. > > Are you really saying that a list of the 1820 has dates added in the > 1920s, > 1930s and 1940s?? > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patricia Ward" <patricia@teepee32.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 2:57 PM > Subject: [SoG] Ship passenger lists > > > | Does anyone have experience of interpreting ship passenger lists? > | > | My husband is puzzling over a list obtained from TNA which has dates > | added/stamped on several years after the original making of the list. > | He would dearly like to know what the additions mean. > | The list is that of ship Haverford, Liverpool to Philadelphia in Aug > | 1820, of 'Alien Passengers for the US Immigration Officer at Port of > | Arrival'. > | > | Eight of twenty-six entries have added dates > | e.g. NELSON, Mar 1 1930, Oct 14 1943, Nov 15 1943 > | COURVILLE May 28 1927, July 30 1931 > | > | Could they be references to later journies, or linked to > Naturalisation > | applications? > | I have received great help from this list before and hope to again! > | > | Patricia > | > | > | -- > | This email has been verified as Virus free > | Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net > >