You have seen firsthand the problems with the CG website. It includes ships that arrived in ports other than Castle Garden and arriving later than the CG period Lorine On 18 Aug 2006 at 12:16, peloquin wrote: > On the Castle Garden website it shows a Johann Becker > immigrating on 14 Nov, 1894. I thought this was unusual. I > was looking for my grandfather John Becker, who would have > come in at Castle Garden if he came to New York, which I am > not sure of. > > Florence > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" <otg@csolve.net> > To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com>; "peloquin" > <floralpx@nc.rr.com> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 8:48 AM > Subject: Re: [TSL] Castle Garden/Ellis Island > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- 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