On 16 Jun 2006 at 15:21, Anne Spriggs wrote: > Castle Garden search shows Pugh family, Jane 26, William > 10, Thomas 7, David 5, Lewis 4, Ann 2 arrived 23 Aug. > 1870 on the City of Washington. Origin: England, Port > Liverpool. First you need to verify that this ship came into New York. Castle Garden website contains ships arriving in other ports, and unfortunately they are not noted as such. Try http://www.stevemorse.org/ to find out if that ship landed in NY that day. Next --- > I would like to get this sailing's(23 Aug. 1870) complete > passenger list. You can get it online (ancestry.com) or from NARA or by ordering in microfilm to a local Family History Centre. Once you know your state, you can get a list of film numbers (NARA & FHC) at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nara_indexbyport.shtml Scroll down to the state you want and click on the link, then find the film # you need The staff of the National Archives will undertake a search of the original records for a fee but you must know the name of the ship, the date of arrival, and the port of arrival. To obtain a search request form, write to: General Reference Branch (NNRG), National Archives and Records Administration, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408 and request NATF Form 81, Order for Copies of Ship Passenger Arrival Records. To find your nearest FHC you can go to http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp 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