On 28 Oct 2008 at 8:12, Sally Haden wrote: > > It was in response to the information given by > [email protected], a few days ago, in reference to the > Incoming UK Ships Passenger lists and the info on > http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ > > >> I was most interested to explore this possibility, > >> because I am trying to trace the return to England from > >> Japan a man named James SPEED in about 1885, or > >> somewhere between 1883 up to possibly about 1887. I > >> have no idea of the name of the ship or its port of > >> destination, I only know his name and age and the certain > >> fact of his return. > >> > >> After finding 'him' on a free search, I upgraded my > >> subscription to Ancestry, only to find it wasn't him. I > >> don't mind the expense of my upgrade actually, because > >> it will mean I can look for various 'global' events now. > >> But I have a question please. Sally Since posting the first info several days ago, I've had a chance to play around in those lists and have discovered some very interesting (but FRUSTRATING) problems with the indexing of those lists! So please, if you did not find your ancestor, go back to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ and read the TWO posts about the problems with indexing and how best to search for an ancestor in those incoming UK lists -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * Images of Ships Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ [email protected] or [email protected]