Bryce Rumbles <brycerumbles@yahoo.com> posted: >> The Castle Garden website (www.castlegarden.org) has the Dankbaarheid listed under that name, but surprisingly does not list what company owned her. >> In 1846 ships were often owned by single owners or partnerships. The practice of shipping lines being owned by many stockholders developed later. Many of the American packet lines, Black Star Line, Red Cross Line etc, did not own all their ships but chartered them as needed. I can't help with info on the Dankbaarheid; for New York Arrivals I use The New York Times (began publication in Sept. 1851) and the registers on the Mystic Seaport site (earliest 1857). -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------