Does anyone have any information/ passenger lists etc on the SS Calfornia 1893 from Glascow I think. Not sure if it arrived in NY or Boston. I'd like to find out once and for all who was on that ship. I'm particularly intereseted in surnames of Piispanen, Larson, Nelson, Nikkarikosi, Nikula, and others traveling from Finland. Also the SS Austrian : Passengers from Ireland, particular surnames of O'Donnell, Bradely, Doherty, and those from Co Donegal and Co Cork. Again I'm not sure where it arrived. I was told Boston, but could be NY around 1883-1900 time frame. I know those are a lot of years but I can't seem to find any help that would shorten that gap. Thank you. Barbara

Hi Barbara, At 05:53 PM 2006-08-01 -0400, Nsambradley@aol.com wrote: >Does anyone have any information/ passenger lists etc on the SS Calfornia >1893 from Glascow I think. Not sure if it arrived in NY or Boston. I'd >like >to find out once and for all who was on that ship. I'm particularly >intereseted in surnames of Piispanen, Larson, Nelson, >Nikkarikosi, Nikula, and others traveling from Finland. Have you checked the Finnish Institute of Migration? They have a limited *free* search as well as a basic and a full search for 10 or 30 Euros for a 1 year sub. Before they were a subscription database, the information which could be found was amazing. It is a great database. http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/emreg/index_e.php eg. there are 10 pages of the exact spelling for Piispanen. A full complete record might contain in part, feedership name and date of departure from Finland, with British departure port / date and ship name and destination. In 1893, the ship STATE OF CALIFORNIA was sailing Glasgow-New York. Using Steve Morse's one-step pages I see 9 New York arrivals for that ship. http://www.stevemorse.org/ Using Steve's site to search names, you can more easily access the Ellis Island database. >Also the SS Austrian : Passengers from Ireland, particular surnames of >O'Donnell, Bradely, Doherty, and those from Co Donegal and Co >Cork. Again I'm not >sure where it arrived. I was told Boston, but could be NY around 1883-1900 >time frame. I know those are a lot of years but I can't seem to find any >help that would shorten that gap. This was an Allan Line ship. Her description . . http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsAA.html <<...On 30/5/1876 she started Glasgow - Quebec - Montreal voyages and on 20/12/1879 made her first Glasgow - Boston voyage. On 13/5/1885 she made her first Glasgow - Philadelphia run. She was fitted with triple expansion engines by J.Howden & Co, Glasgow in 1888, and on 29/12/1888 resumed Glasgow - Boston service. On 11/5/1889 she commenced sailings between Glasgow and South America and on 20/5/1893 started running between London, Quebec and Montreal. Between 1896-1901 she was used mainly on the Glasgow - S.America service until 30/4/1902 when she resumed the Glasgow - Boston route. >> Steve Morse's site (link above) indicates 43 Boston arrivals for AUSTRIAN between 1883 and 1904. To access the actual manifests for Boston, you need an Ancestry.com subscription. I hope this helps, Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

On 1 Aug 2006 at 17:53, Nsambradley@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone have any information/ passenger lists etc on the > SS Calfornia 1893 from Glascow I think. Not sure if it > arrived in NY or Boston. I'd like to find out once and for > all who was on that ship. If it arrived in New York you can find it on the Ellis Island database online. Ellis Island records are online and free to all. They include ships to New York from 1892-1924 You should use Steve Morse's one-step search engine to search this set of records, at http://stevemorse.org/ There is a quick tutorial on how best to use the search engines at http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ Click on "Oddities of Searching Ellis Island! What have you found? " > > Also the SS Austrian : Passengers from Ireland, particular > surnames of O'Donnell, Bradely, Doherty, and those from Co > Donegal and Co Cork. Again I'm not sure where it arrived. > I was told Boston, but could be NY around 1883-1900 time > frame. I know those are a lot of years but I can't seem > to find any help that would shorten that gap. > Ditto for this ship. If it arrived in New York AFTER 1892 it will be in Ellis Island database. So why not try to elimate years and/or Ports of arrival by searching first online? 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