I am afraid that Erie Canal passenger lists from 1827 to 1829 won't help me as my Irish ancestors didn't come to the US until 1847-1854. I am just trying to figure out which route they may have taken from NY to Wisconsin. I have searched all the NY passenger lists, but have nothing conclusive so far. Thanks for your help. Sandy On 10/30/2010 8:00 PM, Kathy wrote: > Sandra J Hawley wrote: >> Are there any Erie Canal passenger lists? > Beginning in 1820 the U.S. federal government began to regulate > passenger ships arriving in U.S. ports, requiring that they keep > passenger lists, in part to alleviate overcrowding. This is why > passenger lists for travel from Europe were created. The federal > government has no authority to regulate intra-state travel, so those > regulations did not apply to the Erie Canal. New York State required > Erie Canal passenger lists from 1827 to 1829, and those are available at > the New York State Archives: > http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_trans_recrds_list.shtml > > Good luck! > Kathy > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Hi Sandy, If you haven't found them arriving at New York, then they may very well have arrived via Quebec, Canada. No real joy there either, as Canada did not begin to archive passenger lists before 1867. Some scattered records do survive, but they are really only a drop in the bucket considering the hundreds of thousands who arrived via Quebec, during that period. Total Emigration from the United Kingdom from 1815 to 1870. http://www.theshipslist.com/Forms/EmigFromUK1815_1870.htm Canadian Records http://www.theshipslist.com/Research/canadarecords.htm TheShipsList Resource Links http://www.theshipslist.com/Research/Resource.htm Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 10:30 AM 2010-10-31 -0700, Sandra J Hawley wrote: >I am afraid that Erie Canal passenger lists from 1827 to 1829 won't help >me as my Irish ancestors didn't come to the US until 1847-1854. I am >just trying to figure out which route they may have taken from NY to >Wisconsin. I have searched all the NY passenger lists, but have nothing >conclusive so far. >Thanks for your help. >Sandy > >On 10/30/2010 8:00 PM, Kathy wrote: > > Sandra J Hawley wrote: > >> Are there any Erie Canal passenger lists? > > Beginning in 1820 the U.S. federal government began to regulate > > passenger ships arriving in U.S. ports, requiring that they keep > > passenger lists, in part to alleviate overcrowding. This is why > > passenger lists for travel from Europe were created. The federal > > government has no authority to regulate intra-state travel, so those > > regulations did not apply to the Erie Canal. New York State required > > Erie Canal passenger lists from 1827 to 1829, and those are available at > > the New York State Archives: > > http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_trans_recrds_list.shtml > > > > Good luck! > > Kathy