On 21 Sep 2006 at 9:41, Bonnie Hill wrote: > Hello > Thanks for your suggestions, however, there are no records > left for any passenger ships arriving in New Orleans from 1 > July 1852 through the end of the year. That's why I would > like to know what port he departed from and the name of the > ship. then I could see if he traveled with others of his > collateral family. My point was that there are 2 sets of lists -- the 'regular' lists and indexes as well as the Quarterly Abstracts. I wondered if you had checked for both. Did both burn in this fire you speak of? For a complete list of NARA and FHC microfilm numbers for LA, see http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_louisiana.shtml The only way to get a departure port name is in the ships passenger list deposited at the arrival port Did you try the JJ Cooke shipping records for this port and year? These lists are Passenger Books of J & J Cooke, Shipping Agents. Sailings from Londonderry to Philadelphia, Quebec, St. John, New Brunswick, and New Orleans Louisiana 1847-71 http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jjcooke.shtml -- 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