On 1 Jul 2006 at 20:23, Linda McDermott wrote: > Sept 1887, and left from Motala to Goteborg on board The > Orlando on 30 Sept 1887, destination New York City. > > According to Sue Swiggam, we add about two weeks to 30 Sept > 1887, and makes her ETA about 14 Oct 1887, give or take. > Passenger lists *are* available on microfilm so since you know an approximate date of arrival you can order the microfilm . For a complete list of film numbers (NARA or FHC) for ships going to New York after 1820, see http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_newyork.shtml Find your date (year, month, day if known) and write down the NARA or Family History Centre film number you need. The staff of the National Archives will undertake a search of the original records for a fee. You can order National Archives (NARA) forms online at http://www.archives.gov/global_pages/inquire_form.html You could also check online at Steve Morse's one step search engines for ships arriving in New York. http://www.stevemorse.org/ You can search from his site in the free CastleGarden website (caveat - it's not complete, and some of the ships listed arrived at ports other than NY!) OR on Ancestry.com's NY ships. (caveat - it's a pay service BUT it's complete) Also see the URLs below: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_newyork.shtml NARA & FHC film numbers for NY passenger lists after 1820 http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_ny.shtml Passenger Lists to New York all years http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchnyships.shtml Search Engine for online Internet Passenger Lists to NY