At 12:09 PM 2006-06-28 -0600, PAUL FERRIN wrote: >I have information on my great grandparents leaving Sweden going to >Liverpool in August of 1877. >If I am reading this right they left on the ship Hull. I cannot find >where they sailed into America. They settled in Burlington, Iowa. Their >names were Clas Anderson and Anna Apelroth Anderson with 5 children. the >parents may have sailed at different times but the children were with Anna >on the Hull. >Thank you for this information. Also is there any information on ships >into Galveston Texas in 1880? > >Marjorie Ferrin Hi Marjorie, Linda gave you some great advice when she explained the route her ancestors took from Sweden to North America. They would have taken a "feeder ship" from Sweden to Hull, England (not a ship name but a place) and from Hull, a train trip to probably Liverpool to embark on a transatlantic steamship. As Linda mentioned, the whole trip, from Sweden to North America would have taken two weeks +/- Transmigration http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/transmigration.html If Anna and the children sailed alone in August 1877, then Clas might have preceeded her by weeks or months, maybe even the year before. With a destination of Iowa, they may have even arrived via Canada, but those records are not indexed or even scanned yet, but they are microfilmed and available from the Library & Arcives of Canada, as well as the LDS Family History Center. http://www.theshipslist.com/Research/canadarecords.htm#lds If you have received Swedish emigration information for Anna and the children, then hopefully it includes the name of the Swedish "Agent" as that would give a clue to which shipping line, which in turn will lead you to the ship name and the North American port of arrival. Even the exact date of departure in August 1877 will really help you narrow the search as there are other resources I can point you toward. You can find links for ships and passengers to Galveston here, at Steve Morse's website http://www.stevemorse.org/ Good luck, Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/