Lorine, That is good information to be aware of. Do you have other information like that on your web pages, or did you learn this information from any particular book? Regards, Kathleen ____________________________________________________________________ --- Olive Tree Genealogy <otg@csolve.net> wrote: - The problem with the Boston arrivals is there is an 8 1/2 year gap on M277 (which is titled Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston MA 1820-1891) The gap is from a April 1874 to 31 Dec 1882. -That is because there are no Federal records of any kind prior to 1883 (due to fire) and State Department copies were used in their place... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

> ________ --- Olive Tree Genealogy <otg@csolve.net> wrote: > > - The problem with the Boston arrivals is there is an > 8 1/2 year gap on M277 (which is titled Passenger > Lists of > Vessels Arriving at Boston MA 1820-1891) The gap is > from a > April 1874 to 31 Dec 1882. > -That is because there are no Federal records of any > kind prior to 1883 (due to fire) and State > Department > copies were used in their place... > On 1 Jul 2006 at 14:13, Kathleen wrote: > Lorine, > > That is good information to be aware of. Do you have > other information like that on your web pages, or did > you learn this information from any particular book? > Hello Kathleen Yes, this info about the Boston gap is on my website ( at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_mass1820.shtml ) I have tried to include any pertinent info on my site for all ports of arrival. Each port of arrival has its own set of instructions, needed info, list of film numbers and links to online passenger lists. I've read about, and accessed, so many ships lists over the last 10 years that I can't recall exactly when/how/where I found out about the Boston ship arrivals gap. I *think* it was probably a reference book called "They Came in Ships..." by John Colletta. Lorine -- 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/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com

Hi Kathleen, At 02:13 PM 2006-07-01 -0700, Kathleen wrote: >Lorine, > >That is good information to be aware of. Do you have >other information like that on your web pages, or did >you learn this information from any particular book? In addition to the info Lorine posted about Boston records, TheShipsList has a page dedicated to Boston and Related Ports since 1820 here http://www.theshipslist.com/Research/OddBoston.htm Hope this helps Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/