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. >> >> >>