yes, i plan go to galveston sometime to look for my ggrandfathers. it appears that my ggrandmother came here in a barrel along with her mother and stepfather but she lived in galveston also so i hope i can find what i am looking for at the court house. jackie At 08:42 PM 6/8/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Jackie, >Do you mean the naturalization records? I guess I was assuming that >immigration records and ships passenger lists were the same thing! Duh! >Thanks for the suggestion! >Marianne > >>Marianne - check the immigration records since you know the date of >>arrival. Jackie Deffes >> >> >> >>At 10:06 PM 6/7/99 -0700, you wrote: >>>This reminded me to ask a question I've been wondering about. Does anyone >>>know what happened to those "lost" lists? My g grandparents came from >>>Devonshire to Brazoria Co. and in my g grandfather's obituary it even gave >>>the date they arrived (Sept./Oct. of 1872). I am assuming they came in to >>>Galveston. Of course, 1872 is when there are no indexes. Do the actual >>>records exist and just haven't been indexed, or were the records lost? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Marianne >>> >>>Bertha Ellen wrote: >>>>There is a SHIPS PASSENGER LISTS >>>>PORT of GALVESTON,TX >>>>1846-1871 >>>>some of the list is missing but the Galveston County Genealogical Society >>did >>>>their best to read the microflim {which is located at the Rosenberg Library >>>>in Galveston,TX} >>>> There is another book that I have seen at Clayton Library in Houston, TX, >>>>but its not indexed. >>> >>> >>> > > >