When did Castle Garden close to immigration? In looking up my grandfather John BECKER who came, I believe, in 1888, it showed passengers coming to Castle Garden in 1894. I'm just curious. Florence

On 17 Aug 2006 at 12:13, peloquin wrote: > When did Castle Garden close to immigration? In looking up > my grandfather John BECKER who came, I believe, in 1888, it > showed passengers coming to Castle Garden in 1894. I'm just > curious. > Castle Garden existed as a processing station for immigrants between 1855 and 1890. There is no separate set of records for Castle Garden, as there is for Ellis Island. Where did you see these 1894 arrivals? For more help with this time period see "Castle Garden: Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1 Aug.1855 - 18 Apr. 1890" at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/castle-garden.htm -- 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