Hi David, At 09:23 AM 2006-05-29 -0400, David Schoenberger wrote: >I have a general question regarding passenger lists. (The list in >question is the ship Aller, May 28 1887, arrived NY.) (from Ancestry.com) > >At what point during the voyage is the list compiled ? At? boarding? >During the voyage?, Arrival? > >There are two people on this ship that are husband and wife, but they are >5 pages apart !! >Is that unusual? > >Ignatz Schönberger (transcribed as TGNATZ SCHONBERGER) >Marie Schönberger (transcribed as MARIE SCHRENBERGER) Lorine and Cliff have responded to you about when the list would have been compiled. As they stated, it was at the beginning of the voyage, although notations of birth / death etc. would be added during, or at the completion of the voyage. Transcriptions can often be in error as they may be indexed using technology rather than humans, so where a human could logically realise the intent was Ignatz, the lettering in handwritten documents can be confusing to machines . . . regardless, we are all very thankful for all indexing. :-} Although all efforts would be made to keep family groups together, consider the confusion of embarkation and misunderstanding and you can see how they may be on different pages . . . I have even seen children added at the end of a list, or maybe even just an infant (who wouldn't have been charged a passage fare). A good purser would often make cross-reference notes to link families. Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/