Could this be him, found on Passenger and Immigration Lists:New York, 1820-1850:, the age is wrong but could be a typo. Bill [Broderbund Family Archive #273, Ed. 1, Passenger Lists: New York, Internal Ref. #1.273.1.12047.25] Individual: Nicholas Ford Gender: Male Age: 30 Country of Origin: Ireland Family Number: 3401337 Ship Name: Silas Greenman Port of Departure: Liverpool Port of Arrival: New York Arrival Date: Jun 5, 1850 Nat'l Archives Series No.: M237 Microfilm Number: 89 In a message dated 6/20/2010 2:12:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, otg@csolve.net writes: On 20 Jun 2010 at 15:45, JFW wrote: > > I have pored over every passenger list I could find and have > had no joy. Can't find his naturalization papers either, > though that 1900 census says he was naturalized. It happened > in either NY or MA, and I have really worked to try to find > it. > > Just in case anyone can help: his name is Nicholas FORD, b. > 1827 in Kings County, Ireland; lived in Kinderhook, NY (c. > 1849-1854) and settled in Pittsfield, MA (1855-1902, when he > died). > How about this man? Content Source: The National Archives Publication Number: M1675 Publication Title: Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1950 Publisher: NARA National Archives Catalog ID: 575701 National Archives Catalog Title: Petitions for Naturalization, compiled 1824 - 1991 Record Group: 21 State: New York Short Description: NARA M1675. Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intention of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1950. Immigrant Full Name: Ford, Nicholas J. This is just the index, perhaps you can send for it and see if it's your guy. Lorine -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS * Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ olivetreegenealogy@rogers.com or olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com ------------------------------- visit TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message